Silwester Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Silwester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silwester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria181:473,08046,251
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Silwester (16) may also be a first name.

Silwester Last Name Facts

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

Silwester is borne by more people in Austria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silwester? popularity and diffusion

The last name Silwester is the 2,808,717th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Silwester reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Silwester is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.

The last name Silwester is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 473,080. In Austria it is most common in: Vienna, where 61 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 39 percent are found. Without taking into account Austria Silwester is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Germany, where 21 percent are found.

Silwester Last Name Statistics demography

Silwester earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 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
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  • 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 Silwester
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