Silva Fernandes Surname

231,484th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Silva Fernandes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Silva Fernandes Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,6581:129,1164,919
France551:1,207,686126,065
Cape Verde211:25,221946
São Tomé and Príncipe41:44,3562,027
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Silva Fernandes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silva Fernandes is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 231,484th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 4,173,852 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Silva Fernandes reside; 95 percent reside in South America and 95 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname Silva Fernandes is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,658 people, or 1 in 129,116. In Brazil Silva Fernandes is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 25 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 15 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent live. Aside from Brazil Silva Fernandes occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 3 percent live and Cape Verde, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silva Fernandez9333/
Silva-Fernandes934/
Salva Fernandes932/
Silva-Fernandez871/
Salvi Fernandes871/
Solevia Fernandes811/
Salvi Fernandez801/

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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 Silva Fernandes
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