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 most in Brazil. It can be found as a variant: Silva, Silvã, Silvä, Sílva, Šilva or Sílvà. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silvá? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Silvá occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Silvá live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America.
It is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil Silvá is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 100 percent are found. Beside Brazil it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent are found and Portugal, where 20 percent are found.
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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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