da Sil Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

da Sil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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da Sil Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil421:5,097,008130,362
France21:33,211,361423,184
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

da Sil Last Name Facts

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

da Sil occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of da Sil click here.

How Common Is The Last Name da Sil? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,776,799th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of da Sil live; 86 percent live in South America and 86 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 5,097,008. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 14 percent reside, Pernambuco, where 12 percent reside and Alagoas, where 10 percent reside. Not including Brazil this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
das Sil92309/
da Sill921/
Das Shil86599/
de Sil8334/
di Sil831/
da Silova8018/
Das Shill808/
de Shil7711/
da Sell771/
de Gil6740/
das Sheel679/
de Sel671/
do Gil671/
de Ziel624/
de Gill623/
de Sell621/
da Chel621/
dos Gil621/
di Gigli5734/
de Szell5722/
de Gigli571/
das Chel571/
de Scheel5312/
de Schelp531/
de Schell531/
de Jel50131/
de Gel502/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 da Sil
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