Freitas Silva Surname
Approximately 906 people bear this surname
Freitas Silva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 888 | 1:241,075 | 9,301 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Freitas Silva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Freitas Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Freitas Silva is found most in Brazil. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Freitas Silva? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 390,762nd most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,043,649 people. The last name Freitas Silva is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Freitas Silva live; 98 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname Freitas Silva is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 888 people, or 1 in 241,075. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Minas Gerais, where 18 percent live, São Paulo, where 16 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent live. Beside Brazil this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freitas E Silva | 93 | 37 | / |
| Fritz Silva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Freitas Salvio | 81 | 1 | / |
| Fortes Silva | 80 | 60 | / |
| Fredes Silva | 80 | 6 | / |
| Fretez Silva | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fartes Silva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Frutuoso Silva | 74 | 18 | / |
| Fortes E Silva | 74 | 5 | / |
| Furtuoso Silva | 74 | 2 | / |
| Fharides Silva | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vieira das Silva | 69 | 1 | / |
| Virtuosa Silva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Frutuozo Silva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Furtuozo Silva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Virtuoso Silva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vertuoso Silva | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Freitas Silva
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