Sylai Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sylai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sylai (15) may also be a first name.
Sylai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sylai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sylai is found most in Kosovo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sylai.
How Common Is The Last Name Sylai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sylai is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Sylai occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Sylai live; 40 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 40 percent live in Albano-Europe. Sylai is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most frequent in Kosovo, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 930,934. In Kosovo it is most common in: District of Gjakova, where 100 percent reside. Besides Kosovo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 40 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Sylai
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