Peña Silva Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Peña Silva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peña Silva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Pena Silva (31) are calculated separately.

Peña Silva Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Peña Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Peña Silva has its highest incidence in Chile. It may occur in the variant forms: Pena Silva. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peña Silva? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Peña Silva occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Peña Silva reside; 80 percent reside in South America and 60 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

This surname is most numerous in Chile, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 5,872,158. In Chile Peña Silva is mostly concentrated in: Bío Bío Region, where 33 percent are found, Los Lagos Region, where 33 percent are found and Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 33 percent are found. Barring Chile this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 20 percent are found and Venezuela, where 20 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 Peña Silva
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