de Silve Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

de Silve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Silve 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
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

de Silve Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Silve is most common in Malaysia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname de Silve is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname de Silve occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of de Silve are found; 33 percent are found in South Asia and 33 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

It is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 29,494,225. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Malacca, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 33 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 33 percent are found.

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 Silver9494/
de Silvey941/
de Sielvie8930/
de Silva88360,760/
de Silvi8837/
de Selve8821/
da Silve8818/
de Silvio82374/
da Silver8263/
De-Silver822/
des Silva822/
de Silvis821/
de Sailva821/
da Silves821/
de Silvyo821/
De-Sielvie781/
des Sylvie781/
da Silva7513,300,564/
de Zilva752,883/
de Sylva75635/
De-Silva75487/
di Silva7580/
de Selva7550/
de Selvi754/
da Silvi754/
de Cilva754/
di Silvio711,222/
da Silvaa7171/
da Sailva7168/
da Ssilva7154/
Da-Silver7128/
da Suilva7120/
de Sylvio7117/
da Sylvie716/
da Soilva715/
da Silhva712/
da Silvio711/
da Sjilva711/
des Sylva711/
da Silvai711/
da Seilva711/
de Gelvez711/
De-Seilva711/
de Sylvaia670/
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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 de Silve
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis