Silvestor Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Silvestor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silvestor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Silvestor (262) may also be a first name.

Silvestor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silvestor (Russian: Сильвестор) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silvestor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Silvestor is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 42 percent of Silvestor reside; 32 percent reside in South Asia and 16 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Silvestor is also the 549,774th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 262 people.

The surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is most frequent in: Kerala, where 60 percent live and Pondicherry, where 20 percent live. Other than India it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 16 percent live and Russia, where 16 percent live.

Silvestor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Silvestor has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 88 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Silvestor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silvestor in the Russian language
Сильвесторsilvestor-

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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 Silvestor
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