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 surname Sylph occurs most in England. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sylph.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylph? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sylph is the 3,100,440th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Sylph reside; 83 percent reside in Northern Europe and 80 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 32 people.

The surname is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 1,741,189. In England it is most common in: Tyne and Wear, where 81 percent live, Cambridgeshire, where 6 percent live and Dorset, where 3 percent live. Besides England this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Sylph Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sylph has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the 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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