Silvestri Surname

10,319th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54,536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Silvestri Surname Definition:

(Italian) Descendant of Silvestro (forest dweller).

Silvestri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy38,0181:1,60980
United States6,8111:53,2176,394
Argentina3,6021:11,8671,101
Brazil1,8421:116,2184,391
France7701:86,26312,300
Canada7541:48,8675,930
Australia4781:56,4766,885
Switzerland3021:27,1954,175
England2421:230,24019,179
Germany2341:344,04033,598
Uruguay2091:16,4201,851
Venezuela1901:158,9694,793
Estonia1761:7,510947
Dominican Republic1461:71,4583,346
Spain1231:380,09821,146
Belgium1071:107,44516,114
Austria701:121,64916,953
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Tanzania321:1,654,42547,334
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Panama281:139,7244,684
Mexico201:6,206,31032,158
Honduras201:440,8223,218
Peru191:1,672,84923,436
Paraguay181:402,0415,757
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Wales151:206,30213,003
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Nicaragua91:669,0104,135
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Monaco71:5,295668
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
China31:455,773,85521,925
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
San Marino21:16,607796
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Silvestri (554) may also be a first name.

Silvestri Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) Descendant of Silvestro (forest dweller).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Silvestri Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silvestri (Georgian: სილვესტრი, Russian: Сильвестри) is found most frequently in Italy. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Silvestri click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silvestri? popularity and diffusion

The last name Silvestri is the 10,319th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 133,628 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Silvestri reside; 70 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 70 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 357,521st most widely held first name in the world, borne by 554 people.

It is most frequent in Italy, where it is held by 38,018 people, or 1 in 1,609. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Lazio, where 18 percent reside, Lombardy, where 10 percent reside and Campania, where 10 percent reside. Not including Italy Silvestri occurs in 81 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Argentina, where 7 percent reside.

Silvestri Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Silvestri has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Silvestri last name rose 681,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 12,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Silvestri Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Silvestri last name are 3.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.32% registered with the party.

The amount Silvestri earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 3.14% more than the national average, earning €30,974 per year; in Peru they earn 421.81% more than the national average, earning S/. 101,153 per year; in South Africa they earn 52.02% more than the national average, earning R 361,248 per year; in United States they earn 19.05% more than the national average, earning $51,371 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.83% more than the national average, earning $60,034 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Silvestri Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silvestri in the Georgian language
სილვესტრიsilvestri-
Silvestri in the Russian language
Сильвестриsilvestri-

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