Silveira Surname
Approximately 352,935 people bear this surname
Silveira Surname Definition:
(Portugese) Dweller in, or near, a wood, especially a wood of brier trees.
Read More About This SurnameSilveira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 281,723 | 1:760 | 94 |
| Mozambique | 12,978 | 1:2,101 | 523 |
| Uruguay | 11,566 | 1:297 | 32 |
| Angola | 10,451 | 1:2,582 | 424 |
| Portugal | 9,521 | 1:1,094 | 182 |
| United States | 8,298 | 1:43,680 | 5,358 |
| Argentina | 4,334 | 1:9,862 | 943 |
| Venezuela | 2,417 | 1:12,497 | 1,077 |
| India | 2,320 | 1:330,632 | 18,250 |
| Mexico | 1,900 | 1:65,330 | 3,011 |
| Cuba | 1,793 | 1:6,427 | 681 |
| Spain | 1,534 | 1:30,477 | 3,099 |
| Canada | 1,068 | 1:34,500 | 4,427 |
| Paraguay | 542 | 1:13,352 | 658 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| France | 333 | 1:199,468 | 31,013 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| England | 229 | 1:243,310 | 19,878 |
| Australia | 177 | 1:152,518 | 16,101 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 159 | 1:1,116 | 161 |
| Cape Verde | 116 | 1:4,566 | 186 |
| Dominican Republic | 100 | 1:104,329 | 4,466 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Germany | 71 | 1:1,133,880 | 74,985 |
| Thailand | 49 | 1:1,441,599 | 197,614 |
| East Timor | 49 | 1:24,815 | 87 |
| New Zealand | 45 | 1:100,629 | 13,472 |
| Ecuador | 38 | 1:418,575 | 10,137 |
| Italy | 37 | 1:1,652,883 | 83,776 |
| Suriname | 32 | 1:17,269 | 4,028 |
| Chile | 31 | 1:568,273 | 13,994 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Bolivia | 7 | 1:1,516,633 | 6,309 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Silveirà (1) are calculated separately.
Silveira (1,099) may also be a first name.
Silveira Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Portugese) Dweller in, or near, a wood, especially a wood of brier trees.
User-submitted Reference
Silveira is a place where many blackberry trees grow. It comes from the latin silvaria.
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Average Silveira Salary in
United States
$46,937 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Silveira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silveira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silveira (Arabic: سلفيرا, Marathi: वेिरया) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Silveirà. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silveira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,542nd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 20,648 people. The last name Silveira occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Silveira reside; 85 percent reside in South America and 80 percent reside in Luso-South America. Silveira is also the 240,696th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 1,099 people.
The surname is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 281,723 people, or 1 in 760. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 29 percent live, São Paulo, where 16 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil this surname is found in 98 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 4 percent live and Uruguay, where 3 percent live.
Silveira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Silveira has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Silveira surname rose 55,320 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Silveira Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Silveira last name are 44.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.26% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Silveira earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.04% less than the national average, earning 245,578 kr per year; in Peru they earn 65.01% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,782 per year; in United States they earn 8.78% more than the national average, earning $46,937 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.91% more than the national average, earning $55,102 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silveira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silveira in the Marathi language | ||
| वेिरया | veiraya | - |
| Silveira in the Arabic language | ||
| سلفيرا | slfyra | - |
| سيلفيرا | sylfyra | - |
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Silveira Reference & Research
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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
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