da Costa Silva Surname

138,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

da Costa Silva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

da Costa Silva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3,1001:69,0562,566
France1071:620,77381,454
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686

da Costa Silva Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name da Costa Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name da Costa Silva is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name da Costa Silva? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 138,524th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,256,206 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of da Costa Silva live; 96 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname da Costa Silva is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 3,100 people, or 1 in 69,056. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 17 percent are found, São Paulo, where 14 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Brazil it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

da Costa Silva Last Name Statistics demography

da Costa Silva earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 102.15% more than the national average, earning R 480,396 per year.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to da Costa Silva
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