Lopes Silva Surname
Approximately 1,928 people bear this surname
Lopes Silva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,874 | 1:114,234 | 4,319 |
| Cape Verde | 41 | 1:12,918 | 454 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Lopes Silva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lopes Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lopes Silva is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lopes Silva? popularity and diffusion
Lopes Silva is the 213,544th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,779,847 people. The surname Lopes Silva occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Lopes Silva reside; 97 percent reside in South America and 97 percent reside in Luso-South America.
This surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 1,874 people, or 1 in 114,234. In Brazil Lopes Silva is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 22 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 17 percent live and Bahia, where 9 percent live. Aside from Brazil this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Cape Verde, where 2 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lopes E Silva | 92 | 90 | / |
| Lopes A Silva | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lopez Silva | 91 | 31 | / |
| Lopes-Silva | 91 | 6 | / |
| Lopes Selva | 91 | 2 | / |
| Lhopis Silva | 87 | 1 | / |
| Lopezsilva | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lups Silva | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lopez-Silva | 82 | 17 | / |
| Lobos Silva | 82 | 11 | / |
| López Silva | 82 | 1 | / |
| Lopez Silvo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Lepaus Silva | 78 | 1 | / |
| Leobas Silva | 78 | 1 | / |
| López-Silva | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lubas Silva | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lopez Salvo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lopez-Sylva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lobos Salvo | 64 | 2 | / |
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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 Lopes Silva
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