Sílva Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Sílva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
The alternate forms: Silva (5,875,328), Sílvà (1), Silvá (5), Šilva (4), Silvä (1) & Silvã (1) are calculated separately.
Sílva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sílva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sílva is found most frequently in Brazil. It may also appear as: Silva, Sílvà, Silvá, Šilva, Silvä or Silvã. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sílva? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Sílva occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Sílva live; 69 percent live in South America and 44 percent live in Luso-South America.
This surname is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 30,582,047. In Brazil it is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 43 percent are found, Ceará, where 14 percent are found and Goiás, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil Sílva is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 25 percent are found and Argentina, where 6 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 Sílva
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