Sylyester Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sylyester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sylyester (48) may also be a first name.
Sylyester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sylyester Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sylyester is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sylyester? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Sylyester occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Sylyester reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sylyester is also the 1,448,253rd most common forename worldwide, held by 48 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Sylyester is most frequent in: Lagos, where 75 percent reside and Bauchi, where 25 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 22 percent reside and India, where 11 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 Sylyester
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