Silvs Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Silvs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silvs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil611:3,509,41598,831
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Silvs Last Name Facts

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

Silvs is found most frequently in Brazil. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silvs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,136,387th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Silvs live; 83 percent live in South America and 78 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name Silvs is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 3,509,415. In Brazil Silvs is most common in: São Paulo, where 30 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 11 percent reside and Bahia, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Silvs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Silvs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Silvs surname declined 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silvsd914/
Sielvs914/
Silvås913/
Sailvs911/
Silv89349/
Shielvs831/
Silev8092/
Silvh804/
Silvz804/
Seilv802/
Silvx801/
Sailv801/
Silvd801/
Silvj801/
Silvt801/
Sillev734/
Shilps733/
Chilvs731/
Sylvst731/
Seilev731/
Selv6720/
Zilv6717/
Silvová6716/
Sylv6712/
Silvova676/
Xilv674/
Shielbs673/
Cilv671/
Sheilbs671/

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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 Silvs
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