The Sylla surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,530 people carried this name — #18,184 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is up 116% from 709 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,024 people named Sylla live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 811 people named Sylla.
Most of them — 531 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
198 people named Sylla live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
111 people named Sylla have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 181 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
57 people named Sylla is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Sylla in American newspapers,
1890–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,044 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sylla,
with a public archive behind them.
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Miroslav Sylla 1887–1979 · teacher -
Jean Sylla 1929–2024 · politician
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Jacques Sylla 1946–2009 · politician -
Fatimata Seye Sylla 1950– · businessperson -
Sény Facinet Sylla 1951– · chemical engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 145 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sylla.
- Swiatek 1,381 · U.S. census
- Swider 1,452 · U.S. census
- Swiderski 1,864 · U.S. census
- Switala 474 · U.S. census
- Sy 4,457 · U.S. census
- Sydor 322 · U.S. census
- Sylva 1,834 · U.S. census
- Sylvain 2,143 · U.S. census
- Sylvestre 1,658 · U.S. census
- Syre 136 · U.S. census
- Syren 108 · U.S. census
- Syx 287 · U.S. census
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