Sylvas Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sylvas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylvas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1791:2,024,910129,652
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Sylvas (22) may also be a first name.

Sylvas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sylvas is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylvas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sylvas is the 1,227,038th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Sylvas live; 96 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 22 people.

The last name Sylvas is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 179 people, or 1 in 2,024,910. In The United States Sylvas is most frequent in: Louisiana, where 46 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 2 percent reside and Argentina, where 1 percent reside.

Sylvas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sylvas has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 597 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sylvas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sylvas surname are 25.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.41% registered to vote for the party.

Sylvas earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.95% less than the national average, earning $36,267 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sylvaus9211/
Sylvash921/
Sylvais921/
Sylvast921/
Sylva919,518/
Silvas8310,604/
Selvas831,581/
Sylvah8362/
Sylvai8347/
Sylvos8322/
Sylvad832/
Sylvaj831/
Sylvay830/
Selvais77401/
D'Sylva77290/
Silvast77276/
Szilvas7753/
Selvash776/
Silvais772/
Silveas772/
Shelvas771/
Sylveis771/
Sylvous771/
Silvaus771/
Silva735,875,328/
Selva7321,469/
Zylva73368/
Sílva7316/
Sylvo735/
Sýlva731/
Silvasce712/
Sylvaice711/
Silvay67154/
Sielva67124/
Silvaa67120/
Silvea6781/
Silvaz6760/
Sailva6759/
Selvaa6750/
Silvaş6733/
Selvat6732/
Silvaš6727/
Szelva6725/
Silvha6720/
Selvay6719/
Shelva6719/
Silvai6719/
Silvos6717/
Sylvoz6715/
Silvat6713/
Ssilva6713/
Selvac6712/
Celvas6711/
Cilvas679/
Shilva679/
Silvaj679/
Sislva677/
Silvaș677/
Selvad676/
Selvaz676/
Suilva676/
Silvac675/
Sylvey675/
Seilva674/
Xsilva673/
Ċsilva672/
Silvau672/
Seelva672/
Síìlva672/
Silvap672/
Selvai672/
Sìílva671/
Sselva671/
Silvaà671/
Hsilva671/
Jsilva671/
Selvás671/
Selvau671/
Silhva671/
Silvoa671/
Soilva671/
Shhylvaha671/
Sxilva671/
Scelva671/
Sealva671/
Selvea670/

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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 Sylvas
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