Sylvane Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Sylvane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylvane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti861:124,2315,655
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England41:13,929,515290,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Sylvane (504) may also be a first name.

Sylvane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sylvane is more commonly found in Haiti than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sylvane.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylvane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,871,545th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Sylvane reside; 88 percent reside in Caribbean and 88 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean. Sylvane is also the 377,412th most frequently used given name globally, held by 504 people.

It is most frequent in Haiti, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 124,231. In Haiti Sylvane is primarily found in: Ouest, where 100 percent live. Not including Haiti this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Sylvane Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sylvane has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sylvane surname rose 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Sylvane
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