Silva Forename
11,855th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 84,220 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Slovenia
Silva Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: Of the forest.
Silva Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | - | 17,280 | 1:1,577 | 358 |
| Angola | 70% | 16,870 | 1:1,598 | 324 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5,707 | 1:511 | 110 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 5,546 | 1:443 | 118 |
| United States | 94% | 5,039 | 1:71,946 | 3,575 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 3,141 | 1:82,128 | 9,580 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 2,595 | 1:28,450 | 2,130 |
| Italy | 89% | 2,292 | 1:26,641 | 994 |
| Brazil | 74% | 2,182 | 1:98,183 | 5,509 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1,961 | 1:2,870 | 513 |
| Portugal | - | 1,301 | 1:8,002 | 529 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1,194 | 1:3,532 | 472 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1,005 | 1:6,956 | 810 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,002 | 1:20,758 | 2,728 |
| India | 68% | 965 | 1:1,258,941 | 76,440 |
| Germany | 71% | 917 | 1:105,428 | 2,186 |
| Russia | 97% | 875 | 1:164,839 | 2,648 |
| Philippines | 94% | 809 | 1:131,038 | 6,724 |
| Lithuania | 99% | 801 | 1:3,685 | 411 |
| Nigeria | 71% | 799 | 1:222,233 | 9,272 |
| Albania | 100% | 776 | 1:3,926 | 777 |
| Uganda | 93% | 642 | 1:63,796 | 3,454 |
| Canada | 100% | 630 | 1:52,593 | 3,397 |
| Estonia | 100% | 599 | 1:2,196 | 468 |
| Colombia | 93% | 596 | 1:80,166 | 2,886 |
| Georgia | 100% | 582 | 1:6,423 | 686 |
| Sweden | 99% | 568 | 1:17,355 | 1,272 |
| Iraq | 100% | 502 | 1:69,757 | 2,029 |
| Turkey | 100% | 403 | 1:193,056 | 4,393 |
| Latvia | 100% | 401 | 1:5,027 | 483 |
| Iran | 100% | 390 | 1:201,274 | 3,674 |
| Switzerland | 69% | 357 | 1:23,007 | 1,523 |
| Belgium | 89% | 338 | 1:33,994 | 2,026 |
| England | 95% | 334 | 1:166,476 | 5,254 |
| Israel | 86% | 308 | 1:27,282 | 2,243 |
| South Africa | 78% | 261 | 1:208,937 | 13,276 |
| Zimbabwe | 59% | 231 | 1:66,770 | 5,373 |
| Finland | 93% | 215 | 1:25,503 | 1,261 |
| Czechia | 100% | 204 | 1:52,236 | 855 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Mexico | 90% | 172 | 1:721,770 | 6,822 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 171 | 1:190,781 | 4,980 |
| Greece | 100% | 161 | 1:67,916 | 2,133 |
| Egypt | 76% | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Malaysia | 71% | 145 | 1:210,000 | 12,000 |
| Moldova | 100% | 145 | 1:24,560 | 675 |
| Cuba | - | 127 | 1:90,603 | 1,960 |
| Malawi | 100% | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| Netherlands | 61% | 127 | 1:133,087 | 6,061 |
| Kuwait | - | 123 | 1:30,775 | 2,974 |
| Zambia | - | 120 | 1:132,123 | 5,510 |
| France | 94% | 117 | 1:568,123 | 5,777 |
| Uzbekistan | 75% | 116 | 1:265,400 | 5,580 |
| Venezuela | 63% | 116 | 1:260,361 | 8,703 |
| Austria | 100% | 109 | 1:78,112 | 1,878 |
| Syria | - | 96 | 1:201,105 | 2,340 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 93 | 1:37,897 | 2,092 |
| Peru | 67% | 81 | 1:392,487 | 7,691 |
| Tanzania | 86% | 79 | 1:668,207 | 16,776 |
| Australia | - | 73 | 1:187,091 | 4,883 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 72 | 1:133,930 | 5,208 |
| Spain | 100% | 54 | 1:861,666 | 8,167 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| New Zealand | - | 46 | 1:98,610 | 4,238 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52% | 45 | 1:181,163 | 15,605 |
| Serbia | 100% | 43 | 1:166,180 | 3,317 |
| Benin | 100% | 32 | 1:330,495 | 12,929 |
| Jordan | 100% | 31 | 1:284,735 | 3,044 |
| Argentina | 82% | 29 | 1:1,474,939 | 6,414 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Honduras | 69% | 27 | 1:326,573 | 6,025 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Thailand | 78% | 22 | 1:3,184,810 | 72,608 |
| Norway | 80% | 21 | 1:244,397 | 5,727 |
| Cameroon | 57% | 19 | 1:1,137,395 | 29,084 |
| China | - | 19 | 1:71,897,673 | 63,377 |
| Kenya | 58% | 19 | 1:2,437,216 | 20,914 |
| Uruguay | 56% | 19 | 1:180,402 | 3,521 |
| Kazakhstan | 50% | 17 | 1:1,043,932 | 10,994 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Paraguay | 60% | 16 | 1:452,300 | 4,719 |
| Ivory Coast | 71% | 15 | 1:1,538,396 | 39,344 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 15 | 1:42,305 | 2,049 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 15 | 1:236,687 | 2,728 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Denmark | - | 13 | 1:434,577 | 7,147 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Congo | 75% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 11 | 1:1,464,403 | 5,160 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Poland | 63% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Transnistria | - | 9 | 1:52,849 | 793 |
| Namibia | - | 8 | 1:300,522 | 5,486 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Chile | 85% | 7 | 1:2,515,315 | 15,652 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 75% | 7 | 1:27,428 | 2,105 |
| Ireland | 86% | 6 | 1:773,920 | 6,824 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Nicaragua | 75% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Taiwan | - | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 4 | 1:60,856 | 1,852 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Hungary | 90% | 4 | 1:2,447,943 | 4,263 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 4 | 1:522,689 | 9,487 |
| Senegal | 75% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Nepal | 100% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Belize | 50% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Iceland | 100% | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Liberia | 50% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Sílva (2) & Silvá (1) are calculated separately.
Silva (5,875,328) may also be a surname.
Silva Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: Of the forest.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Silva Forename Popularity
Silva Demographics
Silva Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 38 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Silva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silva in the Russian language | ||
| Сильва | silva | - |
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