de Sousa Silva Surname

125,118th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Sousa Silva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Sousa 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
Brazil3,6181:59,1692,229
France81:8,302,840321,660
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Cape Verde31:176,5474,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

de Sousa Silva Last Name Facts

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

de Sousa Silva is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name de Sousa Silva is the 125,118th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,002,073 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of de Sousa Silva are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 3,618 people, or 1 in 59,169. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Maranhão, where 16 percent reside, Ceará, where 13 percent reside and São Paulo, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Brazil it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.

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 Sousa Silvia971/
de Sousasilva964/
de Souza Silva937,561/
de Sousa E Silva93478/
de Sousa Salva931/
da Sousa Silva931/
de Souza Esilva903/
de Sousa E Slva901/
de Souza Seilva901/
de Souzasilva897/
de Soza Silva891/
de Souza E Silva871,345/
de Jseus Silva861/
de Sousa Salvi861/
de Souza Salva861/
de Souza Sulva861/
Desouzasilva852/
de Souza Soliva831/
do O Sousa E Silva811/
de Asis Silva811/
de Souza E Sllva801/
da Souza E Silva801/
de Assis Silva793,625/
de Assiz Silva794/
de Souza Salve793/
de Souza Salvo792/
de Acisa Silva791/
de Assys Silva791/
de Assis Silvia761/
de Assis E Silva7360/
de Assiz E Silva732/
De-Souza-E-Silva731/
de Assis Selva713/
Tassis Silva622/
Tasses Silva621/
Tassys Silva621/
di Assis E Silva531/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Sousa Silva
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