Silovs Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Silovs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 351 | 1:5,841 | 813 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Šilovs (1) are calculated separately.
Silovs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silovs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silovs (Russian: Силовс) is found in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Šilovs. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silovs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 778,856th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 20,020,731 people. Silovs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Silovs are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 5,841. In Latvia Silovs is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 56 percent are found, Latgale, where 25 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Latvia Silovs occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silovs Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silovs in the Russian language | ||
| Силовс | silovs | - |
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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 Silovs
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