das Silva Surname
Approximately 646 people bear this surname
das Silva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 642 | 1:333,449 | 12,819 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
das Silva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name das Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin
das Silva is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name das Silva? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 507,320th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,281,031 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of das Silva live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 642 people, or 1 in 333,449. In Brazil it is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 21 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 9 percent are found and Pernambuco, where 8 percent are found. Besides Brazil it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| das Silvas | 95 | 4 | / |
| das Sailva | 95 | 1 | / |
| da Silva | 94 | 13,300,564 | / |
| da Silvas | 89 | 134 | / |
| da Silvaa | 89 | 71 | / |
| dos Silva | 89 | 70 | / |
| da Sailva | 89 | 68 | / |
| da Ssilva | 89 | 54 | / |
| da Suilva | 89 | 20 | / |
| da Sislva | 89 | 20 | / |
| da Silvga | 89 | 7 | / |
| da Silvaz | 89 | 6 | / |
| da Soilva | 89 | 5 | / |
| das Sylva | 89 | 3 | / |
| da Silvap | 89 | 3 | / |
| da Silhva | 89 | 2 | / |
| da Sjilva | 89 | 1 | / |
| da Silvai | 89 | 1 | / |
| da Silvat | 89 | 1 | / |
| da Seilva | 89 | 1 | / |
| das Selvas | 84 | 3 | / |
| Da-Silva | 82 | 15,309 | / |
| da Sylva | 82 | 511 | / |
| do Silva | 82 | 123 | / |
| da Selva | 82 | 35 | / |
| da Silvo | 82 | 19 | / |
| da Silve | 82 | 18 | / |
| da Cilva | 82 | 16 | / |
| da Silvi | 82 | 4 | / |
| da Sílva | 82 | 3 | / |
| da Zilva | 82 | 3 | / |
| da Gilva | 82 | 3 | / |
| da Xilva | 82 | 2 | / |
| da Silver | 78 | 63 | / |
| Da-Silvas | 78 | 1 | / |
| da Silves | 78 | 1 | / |
| da Silvio | 78 | 1 | / |
| Da-Sylva | 71 | 24 | / |
| do Silvo | 71 | 6 | / |
| do Selva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Da-Silver | 67 | 28 | / |
| da Sylvie | 67 | 6 | / |
| da Cislva | 67 | 1 | / |
| do Silvio | 67 | 1 | / |
| dos Sylvie | 63 | 1 | / |
| do Selvo | 59 | 1 | / |
| do Sylvie | 56 | 3 | / |
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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 das Silva
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