Sivester Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sivester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sivester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Sivester (300) may also be a first name.

Sivester Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sivester is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sivester? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Sivester are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sivester is also the 508,767th most numerous given name at a global level. It is borne by 300 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Sivester is primarily found in: Nasarawa, where 21 percent live, Bayelsa, where 7 percent live and Delta, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 11 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Sivester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sivester has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Sivester last name decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Sivester
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