Silvestry Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Silvestry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silvestry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2261:234,25519,221
United States1601:2,265,368141,469
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
France161:4,151,420237,746
Puerto Rico91:394,4603,042
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Silvestry (85) may also be a first name.

Silvestry Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silvestry is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silvestry? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 649,026th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 48 percent of Silvestry are found; 48 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most common forename worldwide, borne by 85 people.

This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 234,255. In Tanzania Silvestry is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 50 percent reside, Singida Region, where 41 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 34 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 8 percent reside.

Silvestry Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Silvestry surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70% being registered with the political party.

Silvestry earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.72% less than the national average, earning $41,112 USD per year.

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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 Silvestry
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