Costa Silva Surname
Approximately 3,791 people bear this surname
Costa Silva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3,759 | 1:56,950 | 2,149 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
Costa Silva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Costa Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Costa Silva is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Costa Silva? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 120,887th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,922,328 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Costa Silva reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 3,759 people, or 1 in 56,950. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 16 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 14 percent live and Bahia, where 13 percent live. Besides Brazil it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Costa Silva
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