Silent Surname
Approximately 508 people bear this surname
Silent Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 342 | 1:224,510 | 17,544 |
| Suriname | 51 | 1:10,836 | 2,716 |
| Jamaica | 41 | 1:69,999 | 3,452 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Silent (3,344) may also be a first name.
Silent Demographics
Average Male Silent Height
173 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Silent Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silent Come From? nationality or country of origin
Silent (Russian: Силент) has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Silent? popularity and diffusion
The surname Silent is the 609,110th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,345,563 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Silent live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 123,414th most common forename internationally It is held by 3,344 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 342 people, or 1 in 224,510. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Fars Province, where 32 percent are found, Isfahan Province, where 23 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Iran Silent occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Suriname, where 10 percent are found and Jamaica, where 8 percent are found.
Silent Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Silent surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Silent earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 168.87% more than the national average, earning R 638,940 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silent Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silent in the Russian language | ||
| Силент | silent | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Silent
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