Santos Silva Surname

54,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Santos Silva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santos Silva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil9,1071:23,5071,073
Cape Verde531:9,993360
France521:1,277,360130,443
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Santos Silva Last Name Facts

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

The surname Santos Silva is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

Santos Silva is the 54,878th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 786,143 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Santos Silva are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Luso-South America.

It is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 9,107 people, or 1 in 23,507. In Brazil Santos Silva is mostly found in: Bahia, where 27 percent are found, São Paulo, where 20 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 9 percent are found. Other than Brazil this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cape Verde, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Santos Silva Last Name Statistics demography

Santos Silva earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.34% more than the national average, earning R 400,032 per year.

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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 Santos Silva
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