de Selva Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

de Selva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Selva 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
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
France91:7,380,302306,885
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

de Selva Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Selva Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Selva is found in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Selva? popularity and diffusion

The last name de Selva is the 2,746,821st most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of de Selva reside; 48 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 48 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Spain, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 1,948,002. In Spain de Selva is mostly found in: Valencian Community, where 100 percent live. Barring Spain this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in France, where 18 percent live and Morocco, where 8 percent live.

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 Silva88360,760/
de Sylva88635/
da Selva8835/
de Salva8834/
de Selve8821/
de Selvi884/
di Selva881/
de Solva881/
de Silvat827/
des Silva822/
de Sailva821/
des Sylva821/
da Seilva821/
De-Seilva821/
de Silvas820/
de Sielvie7830/
de Sylvaia780/
da Silva7513,300,564/
de Salvo753,400/
de Zilva752,883/
de Zylva75917/
da Sylva75511/
De-Silva75487/
de Silvo7593/
di Silva7580/
da Solva7549/
de Silvi7537/
da Salva7520/
de Cilva754/
de Silve753/
di Salva753/
da Sílva753/
De-Salva751/
De-Sylva751/
de Silvio71374/
da Silvas71134/
de Silver7194/
da Silvaa7171/
da Sailva7168/
da Ssilva7154/
da Sislva7120/
da Suilva7120/
de Sylvio7117/
da Silvga717/
da Silvaz716/
da Soilva715/
da Silvap713/
da Silhva712/
de Silvyo711/
di Silvas711/
de Silvey711/
da Silvai711/
da Sjilva711/
da Silvat711/
de Silvis711/
da Cislva711/
des Sylvie671/
De-Sielvie671/
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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 Selva
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