Last Name SYLVAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Not available
Origin Swedish

Rank 41,657 (2000 US census) 49,122 (1990 US census)
Count 492 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 52.03%, or 256 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 40.85%, or 201 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.44%, or 12 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.25%, or 16 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

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