Sylvanous Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sylvanous Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylvanous Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Sylvanous (81) may also be a first name.

Sylvanous Last Name Facts

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

Sylvanous is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylvanous? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. Sylvanous is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sylvanous reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 81 people.

The surname Sylvanous is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Sylvanous is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 32 percent live, Ondo, where 23 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 18 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Sylvanous exists in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 percent live.

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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 Sylvanous
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