Silence Surname
Approximately 1,602 people bear this surname
Silence Surname Definition:
From Saillans or Seillans, a comm, and market town of France, dep. Drôme.
Silence Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 654 | 1:26,176 | 3,951 |
| United States | 465 | 1:779,482 | 60,414 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Iran | 57 | 1:1,347,062 | 55,719 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Belgium | 36 | 1:319,351 | 36,407 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Jamaica | 21 | 1:136,664 | 4,886 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Haiti | 9 | 1:1,187,101 | 12,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 29 | 1:840,530 | 36,623 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 177 | 1:283,721 | 22,815 |
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.
From the Danish, Seiling, Sillin; personal name (?).
Silence Demographics
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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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