Silester Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Silester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 42 | 1:478,045 | 36,914 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Sileșter (1) are calculated separately.
Silester (43) may also be a first name.
Silester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silester Come From? nationality or country of origin
Silester occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Sileșter. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silester? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Silester are found; 84 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 84 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Silester is also the 1,545,828th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 43 people.
Silester is most commonly used in Romania, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 478,045. In Romania it is most common in: Bacău County, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Romania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Silester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Silester has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Silester surname rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Silester
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