Sousa da Silva Surname
Approximately 2,905 people bear this surname
Sousa da Silva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2,757 | 1:77,648 | 2,906 |
| France | 116 | 1:572,610 | 77,014 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 13 | 1:13,648 | 822 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sousa da Silva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sousa da Silva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sousa da Silva occurs most in Brazil. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sousa da Silva.
How Common Is The Last Name Sousa da Silva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sousa da Silva is the 151,595th most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,508,622 people. The last name Sousa da Silva is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Sousa da Silva are found; 95 percent are found in South America and 95 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name Sousa da Silva is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 2,757 people, or 1 in 77,648. In Brazil it is most common in: Maranhão, where 18 percent live, São Paulo, where 13 percent live and Ceará, where 13 percent live. Excluding Brazil this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 4 percent live and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 0 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Sousa da Silva
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