Fortes da Silva Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Fortes da Silva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 155 | 1:1,381,125 | 46,713 |
| Cape Verde | 5 | 1:105,928 | 3,425 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Fortes da Silva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fortes da Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fortes da Silva occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fortes da Silva? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,369,340th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name Fortes da Silva is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Fortes da Silva are found; 96 percent are found in South America and 96 percent are found in Luso-South America.
Fortes da Silva is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 1,381,125. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 25 percent are found, São Paulo, where 19 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Brazil Fortes da Silva is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cape Verde, where 3 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fartes da Silva | 93 | 4 | / |
| Frytes da Silva | 93 | 1 | / |
| Forteza da Silva | 90 | 1 | / |
| Fuertes da Silva | 90 | 1 | / |
| Fortuoso da Silva | 88 | 6 | / |
| Fortuosa da Silva | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fredes da Silva | 87 | 2 | / |
| Fratus da Silva | 87 | 1 | / |
| Vertes da Silva | 87 | 1 | / |
| Frades da Silva | 87 | 1 | / |
| Freitas da Silva | 84 | 2,792 | / |
| Furtoso da Silva | 84 | 2 | / |
| Feritas da Silva | 84 | 1 | / |
| Furtosa da Silva | 84 | 1 | / |
| Fritz da Silva | 83 | 7 | / |
| Frids da Silva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Furtuoso da Silva | 81 | 34 | / |
| Furtuosa da Silva | 81 | 6 | / |
| Frutos da Silva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Freitas da Slva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Freitasda Silva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Furtozo da Silva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Freitas-da Silva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Frutuoso da Silva | 75 | 121 | / |
| Virtuoso da Silva | 75 | 13 | / |
| Virtuosa da Silva | 75 | 5 | / |
| Furtuozo da Silva | 75 | 4 | / |
| Vertuoso da Silva | 75 | 4 | / |
| Vaurides da Silva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Freitas-Da-Silva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Frutuozo da Silva | 69 | 8 | / |
| Virtuozo da Silva | 69 | 4 | / |
| Frutuoza da Silva | 69 | 1 | / |
| Virtuosa de Silva | 69 | 1 | / |
| Vieira Dias da Silva | 63 | 3 | / |
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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 Fortes da Silva
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