Silmen Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Israel

Silmen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silmen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Silmen (157) may also be a first name.

Silmen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silmen occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silmen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Silmen is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Silmen are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 732,696th most widespread given name throughout the world It is held by 157 people.

The surname Silmen is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany Silmen is most prevalent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 63 percent live, Bavaria, where 25 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sillmen9210/
Silmeng921/
Silmmen921/
Shilmen920/
Slmen911/
Selmen83156/
Sülmen8343/
Slemen8328/
Cilmen8324/
Sölmen834/
Gilmen834/
Silmin833/
Sylmen831/
Slmeen831/
Slmn803/
Shlemen77204/
Slemmen77110/
Slement7781/
Silmina7754/
Gillmen7740/
Gilment7729/
Sellmen773/
Shilmin772/
Zillmen771/
Suilmin771/
Selmeng771/
Schlmen771/
Chilmen771/
Gilmend771/
Selmeen771/
Syolmen771/
Selmaen771/
Shelmen770/
Seelmen770/
Clmen732/
Zilmn731/
Slmnt731/
Gilmn730/
Slmmenng714/
Shilmina711/
Chilment710/
Clemen673,489/
Selmin67534/
Gelmen6760/
Çelmen6734/
Gilmin6718/
Selmén676/
Jelmen674/
Celmen673/
Zelmen673/
Gilmem671/
Slemem671/
Selmyn671/
Selmenova671/
Schellmen671/
Chlmen671/
Selmne671/
Gilmne670/

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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 Silmen
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