Sylveste Surname

378,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 943 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Sylveste Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylveste Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti8531:12,5251,234
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Sylveste (986) may also be a first name.

Sylveste Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sylveste is found most frequently in Haiti. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylveste? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sylveste is the 378,680th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,728,044 people. The surname Sylveste is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Sylveste live; 94 percent live in Caribbean and 90 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 256,549th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 986 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Haiti, where it is held by 853 people, or 1 in 12,525. In Haiti it is most prevalent in: Nord, where 43 percent reside, Ouest, where 36 percent reside and Nord-Est, where 20 percent reside. Besides Haiti Sylveste exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 3 percent reside.

Sylveste Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sylveste has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sylveste surname rose 117 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sylveste Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sylveste last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Sylveste earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.53% less than the national average, earning $40,333 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.54% less than the national average, earning $40,474 CAD per year.

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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 Sylveste
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