La Silva Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
La Silva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
La Silva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name La Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname La Silva is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of La Silva.
How Common Is The Last Name La Silva? popularity and diffusion
The surname La Silva is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. La Silva is mostly found in The Americas, where 117 percent of La Silva reside; 117 percent reside in South America and 100 percent reside in Luso-South America.
This last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 35,679,055. In Brazil La Silva is most frequent in: Espírito Santo, where 33 percent live, Paraná, where 17 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 17 percent live. Excluding Brazil this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 17 percent live and Germany, where 17 percent live.
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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 La Silva
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