Silvá Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Silvá Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Silva (5,875,328), Silvã (1), Silvä (1), Sílva (16), Šilva (4) & Sílvà (1) are calculated separately.
Silvá Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silvá Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silvá occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Silva, Silvã, Silvä, Sílva, Šilva or Sílvà. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silvá? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Silvá reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 100 percent reside. Other than Brazil this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Portugal, where 20 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 Silvá
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