E'Silva Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Portugal

E'Silva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

E'Silva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
India101:76,706,538639,611
England71:7,959,723202,100
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

E'Silva Last Name Facts

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

E'Silva occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name E'Silva? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname E'Silva is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of E'Silva live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

E'Silva is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 90 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent reside and Western Cape, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 31 percent reside and England, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Esilva9278/
Gesilva8682/
O'Silva865/
Easilva864/
Essilva863/
Jesilva863/
Eusilva861/
D'Asilva809/
Gessilva801/
D'Isilva801/
Asilva7770/
Osilva7725/
Isilva7710/
Esilve772/
Èsilva771/
Jsilva771/
Ysilva771/
Eselva771/
Exilva771/
D'Assilva752/
Jeselva7123/
Isilvas712/
Asailva711/
Uisilva711/
Ajsilva711/
Edjailva671/
Egilevai671/
D'Assylva638/
Osilvo6231/
Isilvi623/
Eselvi621/
Ezelva621/
Asailwa571/
Asailueha502/
Eshelbach500/

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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 E'Silva
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