Silence Surname

248,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Silence Surname Definition:

From Saillans or Seillans, a comm, and market town of France, dep. Drôme.

Silence Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi6541:26,1763,951
United States4651:779,48260,414
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Iran571:1,347,06255,719
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Belgium361:319,35136,407
India311:24,744,045333,161
Jamaica211:136,6644,886
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Tanzania151:3,529,44150,903
China151:91,154,7714,767
England141:3,979,861125,553
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Haiti91:1,187,10112,579
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Cambodia41:3,871,7869,580
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
France31:22,140,907385,998
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1771:283,72122,815

Silence (5,453) may also be a first name.

Silence Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Saillans or Seillans, a comm, and market town of France, dep. Drôme.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Danish, Seiling, Sillin; personal name (?).

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Silence Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Silence Come From? nationality or country of origin

Silence is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silence? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 248,111th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,549,030 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Silence are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 91,023rd most numerous given name in the world, borne by 5,453 people.

The surname Silence is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 654 people, or 1 in 26,176. Beside Malawi this last name is found in 39 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Egypt, where 10 percent live.

Silence Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Silence has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 263 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 52 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Silence Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Silence surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.

The amount Silence earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.7% less than the national average, earning R 183,684 per year and in United States they earn 5.84% less than the national average, earning $40,627 USD per year.

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