Sylvester is used as a family name or surname in Tanzania. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sylvester
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Tanzania
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sylvester

How popular is Sylvester?

Sylvester is common in Tanzania.

Sylvester is ranked 3412 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sylvester bearers increased by 2.445107 per cent in 2010 US census to 18896 since 2000, the surname slipped by 117 spots and ranked at 1901. The last name was found in around 64 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.96 75.94
Black 20.72 18.86
Hispanic or Latino 2.65 1.78
Others 1.93 1.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.91 0.76
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.83 0.68
Sylvester is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Grenada is ahead in terms of density. Around 159461 people have been found who wears Sylvester as their family name. Sylvester is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,091 Marshall Islands8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
13,220 Thailand6
2,491 Zambia5
289 The Gambia5
262 Anguilla5
9,053 Senegal5
2,980 Malawi4
5,909 Bangladesh3
761 Brunei3
1,851 Togo3
32,086 Mexico3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
30,723 Georgia3
10,762 Hungary3
25,074 Greece3
4,138 Bahrain3
4,367 Afghanistan2
18,625 Japan2
23,858 Iran2
631 Swaziland2
10,211 Bulgaria2
3,437 Sudan2
17,547 Colombia2
10,284 Kuwait2
3,014 Taiwan2
993 Guernsey2
4,302 Benin2
8,268 Mauritius1
176 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
2,374 Bermuda1
9,591 Panama1
215 Palau1
174,544 Czech Republic1
2,057 Myanmar1
8,859 Iraq1
6,820 Angola1
49,529 Israel1
53,505 Turkey1
7,292 Vietnam1
12,270 Lebanon1
7,895 South Korea1
624 Solomon Islands1
7,314 Bolivia1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
3,071 Jersey1
25,746 Finland1
7,198 Maldives1
3,307 Malta1
25,721 Egypt1
38,063 Mauritania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
204 Saint Kitts and Nevis43
34,765 Zimbabwe35
2,986 Guyana30
220,163 Indonesia29
2,862 Costa Rica25
167 British Virgin Islands25
313,372 Russia23
42,407 Sweden22
1,056 The Bahamas21
886 United States Virgin Islands18
2,558 China17
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
499 Barbados85
14,725 Peru85
276 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines79
3,256 Qatar78
791 Belize75
15,572 Switzerland72
33,508 Spain70
11,471 Norway66
5,450 Ireland60
216 Antigua and Barbuda57
29,438 Belgium52
776 Iceland51
Countries with hundreds of Sylvester:
3,712 Australia821
42,265 India769
18 Grenada741
8,583 Argentina627
770 Jamaica446
953 Namibia366
171 Suriname346
77 Saint Lucia335
20,596 Poland286
39,199 Philippines258
38,971 France257
2,242 Denmark256
4,463 United Arab Emirates222
1,854 Wales214
5,086 Chile198
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
15,632 Netherlands177
2,326 Singapore160
2,520 Botswana157
3,016 Oman155
9,948 Austria131
10,984 Venezuela125
96 Dominica123
56,111 Italy123
6,297 New Zealand118
4,818 Scotland118
2,219 Hong Kong107
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Sylvester:
543 Ghana7,269
964 Kenya5,885
1,354 South Africa4,950
189 Sierra Leone4,012
2,073 England3,856
1,736 Uganda3,547
1,318 Cameroon2,676
313 Papua New Guinea2,491
3,145 Pakistan2,389
1,361 Malaysia2,201
1,415 Sri Lanka1,891
2,600 Canada1,888
81 Trinidad and Tobago1,865
5,773 Germany1,614
480 Liberia1,377
Countries with ten thousands of Sylvester:
363 Nigeria66,025
1,773 United States22,370
389 Tanzania13,876
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Martha Sylvester worked as milliner and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 35 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Constitution and arrived on May 11, 1850. Mary Sylvester (11) Milliner, Milliner Eliza Sylvester, Margaret Sylvester, aged 9, Martha Sylvester, Susan Sylvester, aged 3, Isaac Sylvester, aged 20, 22 years old Julius Sylvester, Mark Sylvester, aged 30, are others that migrated to US.

Sylvester Namesakes

  • George Sylvester Viereck, Poet
  • Debra Sylvester Amaro, Melanie Amaro's mother
  • Robin Sylvester, Musician
  • Samuel Sylvester, Film actor
  • Steve Sylvester, Cricket Player
  • Azi Sylvester Newlander, Jamison Newlander's son
  • Robin Sylvester, Musician
  • Pope Sylvester II, Pope
  • Albert Hale Sylvester, Pioneer
  • Pope Sylvester II, Pope

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