Sylvia is used as a family name or surname in Kenya. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sylvia
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Kenya
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sylvia

How popular is Sylvia?

Sylvia is common in Kenya.

Sylvia is ranked 18494 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sylvias plummeted by 1.353899 per cent to 5756 since 2000 and slipped by 497 spots and ranked at 5977. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.09 89.01
Hispanic or Latino 4 3.41
Black 3.89 2.96
Others 1.74 3.44
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.76 0.7
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.52 0.46
Sylvia is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guam is ahead in terms of density. Around 28165 people have been found who wears Sylvia as their family name. Sylvia is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
7,022 Senegal7
615,517 Russia6
975 Madagascar5
2,011 South Korea4
23,165 Romania3
7,619 Ecuador3
35,184 Poland3
14,193 Egypt3
10,762 Hungary3
26,321 Israel3
25,074 Greece3
2,151 Fiji2
18,718 Thailand2
54,641 Sweden2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
15,999 Slovakia2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
18,625 Japan2
10,183 Jordan2
53,505 Turkey1
15,162 Costa Rica1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
7,790 Zambia1
14,618 Guyana1
31,584 Peru1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
29,774 Venezuela1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
9,498 Iceland1
3,586 Honduras1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,715 Gabon1
2,232 French Polynesia1
49,101 Denmark1
10,683 Cyprus1
16,228 Bulgaria1
8,181 Botswana1
7,314 Bolivia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
10,190 Bahrain1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
2,078 Lesotho1
38,841 Scotland1
24,176 Qatar1
21,562 Portugal1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
11,510 Oman1
5,872 Namibia1
2,057 Myanmar1
5,916 Mozambique1
38,830 Morocco1
2,333 Montenegro1
8,268 Mauritius1
6,688 Malawi1
6,820 Angola1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
9,620 Singapore30
9,692 Ireland27
21,901 Chile27
838 Guam24
28,338 Norway20
2,413 China18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,298 Belgium89
66,582 Argentina60
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Sylvia:
12,353 Indonesia999
13,656 Brazil986
3,900 Cameroon892
11,618 France796
9,230 South Africa694
4,024 Malaysia582
6,557 Ghana399
12,518 Mexico340
16,926 England328
80,339 India302
4,544 Austria262
39,199 Philippines258
10,767 Australia258
1,368 Taiwan232
14,055 Netherlands199
18,774 Canada192
6,581 Switzerland180
1,845 Hong Kong130
5,808 New Zealand130
Countries with thousands of Sylvia:
5,041 United States7,863
1,355 Uganda4,668
5,505 Nigeria4,279
6,512 Germany1,446
4,486 Kenya1,255
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Comments

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Valarie Farrish
Sylvia is a name of the female gender is a derivative of Sylvain Sylvain is a masculine first name of the origin of the name is Latin his feast is celebrated on February 17 / May 4 / June 20, its etymology comes from silvanus: deity Roman forest = one who is doomed to sylvanus.

Sylvia Namesakes

  • Abe Sylvia, Film director
  • Albina Sylvia Nezerka, Don DeFore's mother
  • David Sylvian, Singer
  • Ameera Sylvian, Ingrid Chavez's daughter
  • Antone Sylvia, Sean Sylvia's father
  • David Sylvian, Singer
  • René Sylviano, Composer
  • Cathy Cassady Sylvia, Neal Cassady's daughter
  • Cathy Cassady Sylvia, Neal Cassady's daughter
  • David Sylvian, Singer

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