Silva Spencer Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cape Verde
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Silva Spencer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Silva Spencer 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
Cape Verde121:44,1371,620
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150

Silva Spencer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silva Spencer occurs in Cape Verde more than any other country or territory.

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

The last name Silva Spencer is the 5,213,395th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Silva Spencer are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Luso-West Africa.

Silva Spencer is most frequently held in Cape Verde, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 44,137. In Cape Verde it is mostly concentrated in: Sal, where 67 percent reside, São Nicolau, where 25 percent reside and Santiago, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Cape Verde it occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 14 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
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