Sylvestry Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sylvestry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylvestry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Sylvestry (36) may also be a first name.

Sylvestry Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sylvestry is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylvestry? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Sylvestry occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Sylvestry are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 36 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 90 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 10 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Russia, where 7 percent reside.

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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 Sylvestry
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