Sylvestre Surname

10,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56,182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Burundi

Sylvestre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylvestre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda10,8531:1,047248
Haiti10,7281:996148
Burundi9,8701:993278
Chad8,6661:1,568294
France6,9091:9,614908
Canada4,5291:8,1351,203
United States1,6241:223,18921,606
Brazil1,0881:196,7597,578
Togo5251:13,8053,854
Gabon2531:7,4671,394
DR Congo1921:384,78933,038
Saint Lucia1271:1,408261
Cameroon1241:167,49217,964
Dominican Republic921:113,4014,751
Argentina841:508,85037,434
England811:687,87739,238
Ethiopia491:1,990,7408,024
Ivory Coast481:480,65115,491
Switzerland351:234,65519,741
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
Benin231:449,37431,324
Belize221:16,1581,623
Belgium221:522,57550,051
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Central African Republic91:501,710179
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Trinidad and Tobago71:194,8549,403
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Panama51:782,45211,059
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
China21:683,660,78330,601
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Dominica11:75,891912
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1081:464,98833,280

Sylvestre (72,867) may also be a first name.

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
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