Sylvain Surname
Approximately 61,959 people bear this surname
Sylvain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 33,603 | 1:404 | 37 |
| Haiti | 15,936 | 1:670 | 94 |
| Canada | 3,157 | 1:11,671 | 1,744 |
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| United States | 2,431 | 1:149,099 | 15,362 |
| France | 1,745 | 1:38,065 | 4,711 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Cameroon | 338 | 1:61,447 | 7,861 |
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| Ivory Coast | 205 | 1:112,543 | 5,675 |
| Dominican Republic | 193 | 1:54,057 | 2,726 |
| Brazil | 127 | 1:1,685,625 | 55,239 |
| Benin | 80 | 1:129,195 | 13,967 |
| Belgium | 70 | 1:164,238 | 22,550 |
| Saint Lucia | 64 | 1:2,793 | 433 |
| French Polynesia | 61 | 1:4,603 | 1,039 |
| Madagascar | 49 | 1:482,650 | 1,766 |
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| Israel | 39 | 1:219,427 | 20,804 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Guyana | 15 | 1:50,815 | 4,586 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Mauritius | 9 | 1:143,713 | 8,076 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Barbados | 9 | 1:31,939 | 1,516 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
Sylvain (540,665) may also be a first name.
Sylvain Demographics
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Sylvain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sylvain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sylvain (Arabic: سيلفيآن) occurs in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sylvain.
How Common Is The Last Name Sylvain? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 9,146th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 117,619 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Sylvain live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Chadic Africa. Sylvain is also the 1,848th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 540,665 people.
It is most frequently used in Chad, where it is carried by 33,603 people, or 1 in 404. Besides Chad it exists in 70 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 26 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.
Sylvain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sylvain has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sylvain last name grew 7,597 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sylvain Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sylvain surname are 17.26% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70.49% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sylvain earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.58% less than the national average, earning $41,603 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.6% less than the national average, earning $40,444 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sylvain Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sylvain in the Arabic language | ||
| سيلفيآن | sylfyan | - |
| سيلفيان | sylfyan | - |
| سيلفين | sylfyn | - |
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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 Sylvain
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