Silvister Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Silvister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silvister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Silvister (143) may also be a first name.

Silvister Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silvister occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Silvister? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Silvister live; 32 percent live in Southern Africa and 32 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Silvister is also the 772,378th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 143 people.

The last name Silvister is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 62 percent reside and Gauteng, where 38 percent reside. Apart from South Africa Silvister exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.

Silvister Last Name Statistics demography

Silvister earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.27% less than the national average, earning R 89,664 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 Silvister
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