Silviu Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Silviu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 219 | 1:91,680 | 10,584 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Silviu (58,440) may also be a first name.
Silviu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silviu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Silviu (Russian: Силвиу) is most common in Romania. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silviu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 945,594th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Silviu live; 81 percent live in Eastern Europe and 80 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 16,202nd most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 58,440 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 91,680. In Romania Silviu is primarily concentrated in: Iași County, where 21 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 21 percent reside and Constanța County, where 16 percent reside. Besides Romania this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 5 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silviu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silviu in the Russian language | ||
| Силвиу | silviu | - |
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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 Silviu
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