di Silva Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Wales

di Silva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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di 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
Brazil431:4,978,473128,213
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
Wales61:515,75523,171
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
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di Silva Last Name Facts

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

The surname di Silva is found most in Brazil. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of di Silva.

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

It is the 2,106,139th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of di Silva reside; 54 percent reside in South America and 54 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,978,473. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Goiás, where 65 percent live, Federal District, where 12 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 12 percent live. Excluding Brazil di Silva exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 20 percent live and Wales, 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
di Silvas941/
da Silva8813,300,564/
de Silva88360,760/
di Silvo881/
di Selva881/
di Silvio821,222/
da Silvas82134/
da Silvaa8271/
da Sailva8268/
da Ssilva8254/
da Sislva8220/
da Suilva8220/
da Silvga827/
de Silvat827/
da Silvaz826/
da Soilva825/
da Silvap823/
des Silva822/
da Silhva822/
de Sailva821/
da Sjilva821/
da Seilva821/
da Silvat821/
da Silvai821/
de Silvas820/
Da-Silva7515,309/
de Zilva752,883/
de Sylva75635/
da Sylva75511/
De-Silva75487/
de Silvo7593/
de Selva7550/
de Silvi7537/
da Selva7535/
da Silvo7519/
da Silve7518/
da Cilva7516/
da Silvi754/
de Cilva754/
da Sílva753/
da Zilva753/
da Gilva753/
de Silve753/
da Xilva752/
de Silvio71374/
de Silver7194/
da Silver7163/
Da-Silvas711/
da Silvio711/
des Sylva711/
de Silvey711/
da Silves711/
de Silvis711/
Di-Silvio711/
De-Seilva711/
de Silvyo711/
da Cislva711/
de Sielvie6730/
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 di Silva
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