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 Sylvestre Salary in
United States
$44,757 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sylvestre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sylvestre Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sylvestre is most common in Rwanda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sylvestre click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sylvestre? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,012th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 129,713 people. It is primarily found 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. Sylvestre is also the 13,426th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 72,867 people.
The last name Sylvestre is most commonly used in Rwanda, where it is borne by 10,853 people, or 1 in 1,047. Outside of Rwanda Sylvestre occurs in 87 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 19 percent are found and Burundi, where 18 percent are found.
Sylvestre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sylvestre has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sylvestre last name rose 1,504 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sylvestre Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sylvestre are 18.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.92% registered with the 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