Silén Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Silén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 362 | 1:27,201 | 2,214 |
| Finland | 203 | 1:27,077 | 3,700 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Silen (1,641) & Silèn (5) are calculated separately.
Silén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Silén is found most frequently in Sweden. It may also be found as a variant: Silen or Silèn. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Silén? popularity and diffusion
It is the 548,408th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. The surname Silén is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Silén are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This surname is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is carried by 362 people, or 1 in 27,201. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 27 percent live, Gävleborg County, where 21 percent live and Uppsala County, where 17 percent live. Other than Sweden Silén is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 35 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Silén
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