Sylyvester Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Sylyvester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Sylyvester (58) may also be a first name.
Sylyvester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sylyvester Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sylyvester occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sylyvester? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Sylyvester is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Sylyvester live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 58 people.
Sylyvester is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Arusha Region, where 36 percent live, Kagera Region, where 36 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Sylyvester occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Costa Rica, where 8 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylyveister | 95 | 7 | / |
| Sylivester | 90 | 27,841 | / |
| Sylevester | 90 | 356 | / |
| Silyvester | 90 | 270 | / |
| Selyvester | 90 | 4 | / |
| Sylivestter | 86 | 4 | / |
| Selyveister | 86 | 2 | / |
| Shylevester | 86 | 1 | / |
| Syslivester | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sylivesther | 86 | 1 | / |
| Silivester | 80 | 361 | / |
| Selevester | 80 | 135 | / |
| Selivester | 80 | 19 | / |
| Sylivestre | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sylebester | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sylevestre | 80 | 3 | / |
| Selyvister | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shelevester | 76 | 4 | / |
| Seleviester | 76 | 1 | / |
| Selisvester | 76 | 1 | / |
| Sheleveister | 73 | 28 | / |
| Sheleveyster | 73 | 3 | / |
| Silivestre | 70 | 2 | / |
| Celevester | 70 | 1 | / |
| Celivestre | 60 | 12 | / |
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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 Sylyvester
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