Sylve Surname

359,448th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,008 people bear this surname

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

Sylve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9431:384,36833,876
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Finland131:422,82327,659
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
France61:11,070,454349,096
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Sylve (724) may also be a first name.

Sylve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sylve is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylve? popularity and diffusion

It is the 359,448th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 7,229,708 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Sylve reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sylve is also the 306,635th most common first name worldwide It is held by 724 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 943 people, or 1 in 384,368. In The United States Sylve is mostly concentrated in: Louisiana, where 62 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent live and Finland, where 1 percent live.

Sylve Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sylve has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sylve surname expanded 4,963 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sylve Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sylve are 29.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.19% being registered with the party.

Sylve earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.78% less than the national average, earning $40,654 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sylver911,885/
Sylves91213/
Sylvee917/
Sylvet915/
Sylvey915/
Syleve911/
Shylve911/
Sylvest831,470/
Sylveer832/
Saylver832/
Sylveis831/
Sylvett831/
Sylva809,518/
Silve801,898/
Selve80630/
Sylvi80189/
Sälve804/
Sylvy804/
Silver7357,022/
Silvey736,452/
Selvey732,243/
Silvee731,084/
Selver73894/
Selves73839/
Silves73439/
Silvie73420/
Sylvis73375/
Sylvio73239/
Selvie73214/
Selvet73114/
Silvea7381/
Silvet7379/
Selvez7353/
Sylvai7347/
Selvee7318/
Shelve735/
Silved734/
Sileve734/
Shilve734/
Selvei734/
Sealve732/
Silvei732/
Selveu732/
Sylvér732/
Sílver731/
Silvej731/
Sylvaj731/
Sailve731/
Selvea730/
Sylvay730/
Soyluer67635/
Silvest67609/
Shelver67528/
Shelvey67497/
D'Sylva67290/
Soylevi6790/
Silverå6728/
Silvett6723/
Shilver6715/
Silvhed6715/
Silvesh6713/
Silvesd6713/
Silvetz678/
Schelve677/
Shelvie675/
Sielver673/
Suilver673/
Sylvych672/
Silvher672/
Silveer672/
Silveas672/
Sylvich671/
Shelves671/
Selvije671/
Silveys671/
Selleve671/
Selvhge671/
Sylviss671/
Silvess671/
Shelvei671/
Sielves671/
Sealvez671/
Silvets671/
Sylvais671/
Sielvie671/
Shelvea671/
Shelvet670/
Seilver670/
Selveys670/
Silleve670/
Selveed670/
Seilvey670/

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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 Sylve
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