Sylter Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sylter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sylter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sylter is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Sylter are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 13,417,576. In Germany it is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 100 percent live. Other than Germany Sylter is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sylte911,156/
Sölter831,813/
Selter831,679/
Sylthe83135/
Syltie8382/
Sülter8372/
Silter8333/
Sälter8314/
Shylte831/
Syllte831/
Syltes831/
Soelter77341/
Suelter77159/
Shelter7755/
Seltier7744/
Siltere778/
Selther775/
Shilter773/
Seltger772/
Seulter771/
Schylte771/
Selteer771/
Siltear771/
Sislter770/
Scelter770/
Sylta73280/
Selte73119/
Silte7318/
Schelter711,294/
Schilter711,044/
Schülter71301/
Schälter717/
Shcilter711/
Sheltter711/
Sheltere710/
Shildter710/
Shelte67709/
Schuelter67513/
Zelter67351/
Syltøy6768/
Siltie6725/
Seldte6723/
Shilte6720/
Zälter6718/
Seltes677/
Selthe674/
Celter673/
Seltea672/
Seltey672/
Scheulter671/
Schilther671/
Scheelter671/
Schielter671/
Sellte671/
Seltez671/
Seltie671/
Sielte671/
Scheltert671/
Zilter671/
Suelte671/
Schellter670/
Scelte670/
Seltte670/

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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 Sylter
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