van Syl Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

van Syl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Syl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

van Syl Last Name Facts

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

van Syl is found most frequently in Australia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Syl? popularity and diffusion

van Syl is the 7,593,402nd most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of van Syl live; 50 percent live in Australasia and 50 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

van Syl is most frequent in Australia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 8,998,567. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: Northern Territory, where 100 percent reside. Barring Australia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Syll934/
van Zyl8672,635/
van Sil861/
van Xyl861/
van Zyll8026/
van Sell8013/
van Schil75350/
van Schel75165/
van Schilt71476/
van Schelt71239/
van Schöll7158/
Van-Zyl7121/
von Zyl712/
van Schild712/
van Zil712/
von Seld6712/
van Scheltt671/
van Celt670/
von Seldt631/
von Schill5947/
von Schell599/
Van-Schilt597/
von Scheel597/
von Zell533/

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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 van Syl
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