Pena Silva Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Pena Silva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Peña Silva (5) are calculated separately.
Pena Silva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pena Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pena Silva is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Peña Silva. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pena Silva? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Pena Silva reside; 97 percent reside in South America and 97 percent reside in Luso-South America.
Pena Silva is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 7,135,811. In Brazil Pena Silva is primarily concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 23 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 20 percent reside and Bahia, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Pena Silva
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