Melo da Silva Surname
Approximately 2,094 people bear this surname
Melo da Silva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2,085 | 1:102,674 | 3,872 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melo da Silva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melo da Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melo da Silva occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melo da Silva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melo da Silva is the 199,442nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,480,203 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Melo da Silva reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 100 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name Melo da Silva is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 2,085 people, or 1 in 102,674. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 15 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 15 percent are found and Pernambuco, where 11 percent are found. Besides Brazil it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Melo da Silva
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