Sylah Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sylah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sylah (14) may also be a first name.
Sylah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sylah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sylah has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sylah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sylah is the 6,723,624th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Sylah is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sylah are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name internationally, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,461,511. In Cameroon Sylah is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 83 percent live and Centre Region, where 17 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Sylah is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 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 Sylah
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