de Silver Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Silver Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Silver Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa751:722,36951,132
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England31:18,572,686338,250
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
France11:66,422,722504,397
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

de Silver Last Name Facts

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

de Silver occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name de Silver is the 1,918,812th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of de Silver reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 722,369. In South Africa de Silver is most common in: Gauteng, where 61 percent are found, Western Cape, where 31 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 8 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

de Silver Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Silver has changed through the years. In The United States it contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Silver Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Silver earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 50.87% less than the national average, earning R 116,760 per year and in Canada they earn 6.85% less than the national average, earning $46,280 CAD per year.

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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 Silver
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