De-Silva Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

De-Silva Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Silva.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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De-Silva 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
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
England521:1,071,50151,923
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
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De-Silva Demographics

Average De-Silva Salary in
England

£27,271

Per year
Rank:
38,396 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000141914
Rank: 44,441 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
101.09%
Sample size: 12 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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De-Silva Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name De-Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin

De-Silva (Russian: Де-сильва) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name De-Silva? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 628,294th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of De-Silva are found; 76 percent are found in South Asia and 76 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

De-Silva is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Aside from Sri Lanka De-Silva occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

De-Silva Last Name Statistics demography

De-Silva earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 14.71% more than the national average, earning $56,992 CAD per year.

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
De-Seilva941/
de Silva88360,760/
Da-Silva8815,309/
De-Zilva8817/
De-Silvo881/
De-Sylva881/
de Silvat827/
des Silva822/
De-Silver822/
de Sailva821/
Da-Silvas821/
de Silvas820/
De-Sielvie781/
da Silva7513,300,564/
de Zilva752,883/
de Sylva75635/
de Silvo7593/
di Silva7580/
de Selva7550/
de Silvi7537/
Da-Sylva7524/
de Cilva754/
de Silve753/
de Silvio71374/
da Silvas71134/
de Silver7194/
da Silvaa7171/
da Sailva7168/
da Ssilva7154/
Da-Silver7128/
da Sislva7120/
da Suilva7120/
da Silvga717/
da Silvaz716/
da Soilva715/
da Silvap713/
da Silhva712/
Di-Silvio711/
de Silvyo711/
de Silvis711/
da Silvat711/
da Seilva711/
da Sjilva711/
da Silvai711/
de Silvey711/
des Sylva711/
di Silvas711/
de Sielvie6730/
de Sylvaia670/
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De-Silva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
De-Silva in the Russian language
Де-сильваde-silva-

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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 De-Silva
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