de Silva Surname

1,495th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360,760 people bear this surname

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

de Silva Surname User-submission:

In Portuguese silva is a name for 'some who lived near forests'. In Latin silva means 'wood'.

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 Lanka335,2641:623
Philippines5,9421:17,0381,978
Australia5,2161:5,176746
England2,4821:22,4493,138
Brazil2,2821:93,8103,544
Bangladesh1,0811:147,4165,565
United States1,0181:356,05031,820
Canada9141:40,3125,028
Oman7381:4,997713
Malaysia6981:42,2553,409
Trinidad and Tobago6601:2,067349
New Zealand5441:8,3241,423
Italy4021:152,13123,714
Bahrain3381:3,990671
Mexico2631:471,9638,697
Spain2611:179,12712,673
South Africa2381:227,63723,639
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Guyana1441:5,293931
Venezuela1401:215,7435,659
India1101:6,973,322154,831
United Arab Emirates1101:83,2937,578
Netherlands1041:162,37723,863
France911:729,92091,032
Sweden871:113,1818,121
Thailand761:929,452144,548
Panama731:53,5932,554
Argentina641:667,86646,303
Switzerland631:130,36412,937
Germany621:1,298,47582,291
Austria541:157,69320,874
Japan521:2,458,54430,480
Singapore511:107,9944,447
Bermuda481:1,360215
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Scotland411:130,5818,115
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Angola361:749,7002,649
Denmark361:156,79813,614
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Seychelles291:3,186566
Botswana281:78,10513,263
Israel261:329,14027,831
Maldives251:16,1671,127
Wales241:128,9399,528
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Saint Kitts and Nevis161:3,450449
China151:91,154,7714,767
Greece151:738,65380,079
Colombia141:3,412,43415,450
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Puerto Rico131:273,0882,549
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Swaziland91:144,244719
Ireland81:588,61715,973
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
South Korea81:6,405,0321,091
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Finland61:916,11741,832
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Norway61:857,04855,549
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Cape Verde41:132,4104,291
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Grenada41:27,1341,180
São Tomé and Príncipe41:44,3562,027
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Brunei31:139,5773,009
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Anguilla11:13,436792
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:529,89928,330
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States551:913,06755,053

de Silva (886) may also be a first name.

de Silva Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

In Portuguese silva is a name for 'some who lived near forests'. In Latin silva means 'wood'.

- racheldesilva

De Silva is a variation of the surname Da Silva, meaning 'of the wood/forest'.

- deleted-173293

De Silva is Portuguese surname, meaning 'of the wood'.

- Vincent
DNA test information
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de Silva Demographics

de Silva Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 8 (2014)

United States
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de Silva Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Silva is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of de Silva.

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

This last name is the 1,495th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 20,201 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of de Silva are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. de Silva is also the 273,104th most commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 886 people.

The surname de Silva is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 335,264 people, or 1 in 62. Besides Sri Lanka this last name is found in 114 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

de Silva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Silva has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the de Silva surname grew 5,396 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,851 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Silva Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the de Silva surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount de Silva earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 48.19% more than the national average, earning €44,502 per year; in South Africa they earn 16.96% more than the national average, earning R 277,932 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.32% more than the national average, earning $24,136,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 52.73% more than the national average, earning $65,900 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.49% more than the national average, earning $58,867 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 Silvat947/
des Silva942/
de Sailva941/
de Silvas940/
da Silva8813,300,564/
de Zilva882,883/
de Sylva88635/
De-Silva88487/
de Silvo8893/
di Silva8880/
de Selva8850/
de Silvi8837/
de Cilva884/
de Silve883/
de Silvio82374/
da Silvas82134/
de Silver8294/
da Silvaa8271/
da Sailva8268/
da Ssilva8254/
da Suilva8220/
da Sislva8220/
da Silvga827/
da Silvaz826/
da Soilva825/
da Silvap823/
da Silhva822/
da Silvat821/
de Silvey821/
des Sylva821/
di Silvas821/
de Silvis821/
De-Seilva821/
da Silvai821/
de Silvyo821/
da Sjilva821/
da Seilva821/
de Sielvie7830/
de Sylvaia780/
Da-Silva7515,309/
de Zylva75917/
da Sylva75511/
da Selva7535/
de Selve7521/
da Silvo7519/
da Silve7518/
De-Zilva7517/
da Cilva7516/
de Selvi754/
da Silvi754/
da Zilva753/
da Sílva753/
da Gilva753/
da Xilva752/
De-Sylva751/
De-Silvo751/
di Silvo751/
di Selva751/
di Silvio711,222/
da Silver7163/
de Sylvio7117/
De-Silver712/
da Cislva711/
da Silvio711/
da Silves711/
Da-Silvas711/
des Sylvie671/
De-Sielvie671/
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