Sylvestre Surname
Approximately 56,182 people bear this surname
Sylvestre Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 10,853 | 1:1,047 | 248 |
| Haiti | 10,728 | 1:996 | 148 |
| Burundi | 9,870 | 1:993 | 278 |
| Chad | 8,666 | 1:1,568 | 294 |
| France | 6,909 | 1:9,614 | 908 |
| Canada | 4,529 | 1:8,135 | 1,203 |
| United States | 1,624 | 1:223,189 | 21,606 |
| Brazil | 1,088 | 1:196,759 | 7,578 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Saint Lucia | 127 | 1:1,408 | 261 |
| Cameroon | 124 | 1:167,492 | 17,964 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Argentina | 84 | 1:508,850 | 37,434 |
| England | 81 | 1:687,877 | 39,238 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Ivory Coast | 48 | 1:480,651 | 15,491 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| French Polynesia | 31 | 1:9,058 | 1,949 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Belize | 22 | 1:16,158 | 1,623 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 108 | 1:464,988 | 33,280 |
Sylvestre (72,867) may also be a first name.
Sylvestre Demographics
Average Male Sylvestre Height
176.37 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sylvestre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sylvestre Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sylvestre is most common in Rwanda. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sylvestre? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,012th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 129,713 people. The surname Sylvestre occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Sylvestre are found; 37 percent are found in East Africa and 37 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 13,426th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 72,867 people.
Sylvestre is most prevalent in Rwanda, where it is carried by 10,853 people, or 1 in 1,047. Besides Rwanda it is found in 87 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 19 percent live and Burundi, where 18 percent live.
Sylvestre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sylvestre has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sylvestre surname expanded 1,504 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sylvestre Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sylvestre last name are 18.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.92% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sylvestre earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.73% more than the national average, earning $44,757 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.5% less than the national average, earning $43,967 CAD per year.
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Sylvestre Reference & Research
Sylvester DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Sylvester FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Sylvestre
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis