Sylvister Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sylvister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylvister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Sylvister (110) may also be a first name.

Sylvister Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sylvister is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylvister? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Sylvister are found; 38 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 38 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sylvister is also the 895,203rd most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 110 people.

Sylvister is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Sylvister is mostly found in: Sabah, where 67 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 33 percent live. Beside Malaysia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live and Egypt, where 13 percent live.

Sylvister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sylvister has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sylvister surname declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Sylvister
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