Sylvya Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sylvya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylvya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Sylvya (98) may also be a first name.

Sylvya Last Name Facts

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

Sylvya is found most frequently in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylvya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sylvya is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Sylvya is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Sylvya are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sylvya is also the 956,749th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 98 people.

Sylvya is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Sylvya is primarily found in: Manipur, where 50 percent are found, Karnataka, where 13 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 13 percent are found. Beside India this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sylvia8315,269/
Silvya83150/
Selvya8314/
Shelvya7729/
Sylviah7714/
Shylvia773/
Sylvias773/
Sylevia771/
D'Sylvia711/
Silveiya711/
Silvia6729,071/
Selvia674,921/
Sylvio67239/
Sílvia67114/
Silvea6781/
Silvyo671/
Sylveo670/
Selvea670/

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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 Sylvya
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