Silm Surname

410,688th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 850 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Silm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia3531:3,744310
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
Israel1701:50,3396,610
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Finland121:458,05828,977
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
India71:109,580,769786,157
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
England11:55,718,059489,080
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Silm (271) may also be a first name.

Silm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silm (Hindi: सीलम, Russian: Сильм) is found most in Estonia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silm? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 410,688th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,573,583 people. The last name Silm occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of Silm live; 43 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 540,009th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 271 people.

This last name is most numerous in Estonia, where it is borne by 353 people, or 1 in 3,744. Without taking into account Estonia this last name exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 28 percent live and Israel, where 20 percent live.

Silm Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Silm are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Silm earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.68% more than the national average, earning $43,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.18% more than the national average, earning $62,194 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silme89457/
Shilm8913/
Sjilm891/
Silmë891/
Slm86588/
Schilm8049/
Siglim801/
Shiolm801/
Szuilm801/
Slem754,102/
Zilm751,480/
Selm75720/
Gilm758/
Slme755/
Jilm755/
Slmt753/
Shlm752/
Xilm751/
Sllm751/
Cilm751/
Sjlm751/
Slmh751/
Hslm751/
Silmova731/
Selme67259/
Gilme67175/
Shlem67150/
Sleme67112/
Zilme67106/
Shllm6762/
Saelm6715/
Shhlm679/
Cilme674/
Seelm674/
Jilme674/
Gillm674/
Szlem673/
Sylme672/
Slemt672/
Sehlm671/
Gilhm671/
Slmth671/
Shelm671/
Xjslm671/
Slehm671/
Selmt671/
Selmh671/
Sglim671/
Slemm670/

Silm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silm in the Hindi language
सीलमsilama97.62
सिलमsilama2.38
Silm in the Russian language
Сильмsilm-

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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 Silm
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