Sylly Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Sylly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti61:1,780,65114,597
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268

Sylly (37) may also be a first name.

Sylly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sylly (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻠﻲ) occurs in Haiti more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sylly.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylly? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Sylly live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 37 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Haiti, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,780,651. In Haiti Sylly is most frequent in: Ouest, where 67 percent are found and Sud, where 17 percent are found. Besides Haiti Sylly is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 36 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shylly915/
Sylluy911/
Syllay911/
Scylly910/
Shyllys833/
Syllaya831/
Sylla80684,578/
Selly803,611/
Silly801,892/
Sylle80160/
Sylli8044/
Cylly8030/
Xylly801/
Shylla7318,040/
Shelly7312,789/
Selley732,362/
Sellay73418/
Sélley73296/
Syllla73234/
Silley73127/
Shilly73127/
Silloy73109/
Sillay73100/
Scelly7369/
Scilly7342/
Syller7341/
Shylle7324/
Szylle7318/
Scylla7316/
Syllie7313/
Selliy739/
Sellya737/
Syllia736/
Seully735/
Syllio735/
Syllaa734/
Syllee734/
Szilly733/
Seelly732/
Syllis732/
Selloy732/
Sillya731/
Sellyo731/
Sillyo731/
Syllei731/
Sielly730/
Shelley6730,555/
Schilly67540/
Schelly67207/
Scilley67181/
Shilley67168/
Shyller67122/
Schölly6769/
Sellahy6767/
Selleys6731/
Szelley6724/
Seelley6714/
Sellaya6710/
Shyllit6710/
Sylliås679/
Shellay675/
Sheelly674/
Sehelly674/
Shelliy673/
Sillahy673/
Saehlly671/
Sillaya671/
Shilliy671/
Shelloy671/
Suilley671/
Sshylla671/
Scelley670/
Scilloy670/
Scillay670/
Seulley670/
Scylles670/
Shillay670/

Sylly Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sylly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺷﻴﻠﻲshyly50
ﺳﻴﻼsyla50

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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
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  • 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 Sylly
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