Silvestres Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Silvestres Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silvestres Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil951:2,253,41469,998
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Silvestres (31) may also be a first name.

Silvestres Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silvestres is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Silvestres.

How Common Is The Last Name Silvestres? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,701,480th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name Silvestres occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Silvestres live; 90 percent live in South America and 83 percent live in Luso-South America. Silvestres is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used given name internationally It is held by 31 people.

It is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 2,253,414. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 47 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent reside and Pernambuco, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 6 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 3 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Silvestres
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