Silen Surname
Approximately 1,641 people bear this surname
Silen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 429 | 1:181,402 | 13,654 |
| Finland | 353 | 1:15,571 | 2,261 |
| United States | 270 | 1:1,342,440 | 93,444 |
| Indonesia | 218 | 1:606,648 | 48,159 |
| Philippines | 104 | 1:973,444 | 84,902 |
| Canada | 47 | 1:783,949 | 61,790 |
| Russia | 36 | 1:4,003,418 | 194,829 |
| Puerto Rico | 32 | 1:110,942 | 1,670 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Silén (583) & Silèn (5) are calculated separately.
Silen (915) may also be a first name.
Silen Demographics
Average Silen Salary in
United States
$51,814 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Silen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Silen (Bengali: সিলেন, Hindi: सिलेना, Marathi: िसलेन, Oriya: ସିେଲନ, Russian: Силен) is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Silén or Silèn. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Silen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 243,084th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,440,918 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 42 percent of Silen reside; 22 percent reside in Northern Europe and 22 percent reside in Scandinavia. Silen is also the 268,007th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 915 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 429 people, or 1 in 181,402. In Turkey Silen is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 35 percent live, Sanliurfa Province, where 27 percent live and Aydin Province, where 9 percent live. Apart from Turkey Silen is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.
Silen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Silen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Silen last name expanded 3,375 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Silen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Silen last name are 4.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.14% registered with the party.
The amount Silen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.35% more than the national average, earning R 362,040 per year; in United States they earn 20.08% more than the national average, earning $51,814 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.77% less than the national average, earning $48,803 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silen in the Bengali language | ||
| সিলেন | silena | - |
| Silen in the Marathi language | ||
| िसलेन | isalena | - |
| Silen in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିେଲନ | sielana | 75 |
| ସିେଲନ୍ | sielan | 15 |
| ଶିେଲନ | sielana | 10 |
| Silen in the Hindi language | ||
| सिलेना | silena | 66.67 |
| सीलेना | silena | 16.67 |
| सीलेन | silena | 16.67 |
| Silen in the Russian language | ||
| Силен | silen | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Silen
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