Sylph Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sylph Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylph Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:1,741,18971,393
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Sylph (32) may also be a first name.

Sylph Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sylph is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylph? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 83 percent of Sylph live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in British Isles. Sylph is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 32 people.

Sylph is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 1,741,189. In England Sylph is mostly concentrated in: Tyne and Wear, where 81 percent reside, Cambridgeshire, where 6 percent reside and Dorset, where 3 percent reside. Aside from England this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Sylph Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sylph has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Sylph surname expanded 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selph803,698/
Sylpe801/
Silph801/
Syl7587/
Selphs731/
Syll679,294/
Szyl6776/
Shyl6749/
Selp6741/
Selh6728/
Sylt6726/
Silp6722/
Silh6710/
Syhl675/
Sysl673/
Syld673/
Syol671/
Sylb671/
Zylp671/
Xylh671/
Xylp671/
Cylh671/
Hsyl671/
Sylë671/

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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 Sylph
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