Sylimane Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sylimane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sylimane (10) may also be a first name.
Sylimane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sylimane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sylimane is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sylimane.
How Common Is The Last Name Sylimane? popularity and diffusion
Sylimane is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Sylimane is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sylimane reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Sylimane is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,399,002. In Niger it is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 75 percent reside, Agadez Region, where 13 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 13 percent reside. Other than Niger this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 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 Sylimane
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