Sylvains Surname

769,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Sylvains Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylvains Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti3601:29,6782,151
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Sylvains (48) may also be a first name.

Sylvains Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sylvains is carried by more people in Haiti than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylvains? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sylvains is the 769,129th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Sylvains are found; 97 percent are found in Caribbean and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. Sylvains is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 48 people.

This surname is most common in Haiti, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 29,678. In Haiti it is mostly found in: Sud-Est, where 60 percent are found, Ouest, where 37 percent are found and Nord, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Haiti it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Sylvains Last Name Statistics demography

Sylvains earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.7% less than the national average, earning $33,786 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sylvainse945/
Sylvans9317/
Sylvins936/
Sylvauns8814/
Sylvanse881/
Sylvinse881/
Silvains881/
Sylvaince82735/
Silvans8052/
Selvans8011/
Silvins804/
Sylvens804/
Selvins800/
Syleveanns781/
Sylvince75219/
Sylvance753/
Selvhins751/
Silvaince7116/
Shilvansh711/
Silvens6729/
Silvince639/
Silvance635/
Shelvince591/
Schellevens532/
Silvence501/

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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 Sylvains
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