Sylviah Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sylviah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylviah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya131:3,552,30039,474
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Sylviah (2,842) may also be a first name.

Sylviah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sylviah is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylviah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Sylviah is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sylviah live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sylviah is also the 136,588th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 2,842 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 3,552,300. In Kenya Sylviah is mostly found in: Bungoma County, where 31 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 31 percent are found and Kisii County, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.

Sylviah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Sylviah surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sylvia9215,269/
Shylvia863/
Sylvias863/
Sylevia861/
Sielviah806/
D'Sylvia801/
Silvia7729,071/
Selvia774,921/
Sylvio77239/
Sílvia77114/
Sylvya779/
Silvias71154/
Shelvia7186/
Shilvia7178/
Selvija7154/
Silvija7134/
Selviaa7116/
Selvias7114/
Zilviah715/
Sielvia711/
Silevia711/
Seilvia711/
Silvioa710/
Silviea710/
Silveiea673/
D'Silvia671/
Silveiya671/

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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 Sylviah
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