Tavares Silva Surname

436,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Tavares Silva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tavares Silva Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil6911:309,80411,936
Cape Verde841:6,305239
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
France41:16,605,680368,153
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Tavares Silva Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tavares Silva occurs most in Brazil. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tavares Silva? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 436,213th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Tavares Silva live; 88 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 691 people, or 1 in 309,804. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 18 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 13 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent are found. Besides Brazil this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cape Verde, where 11 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tavares E Silva9327/
Tavares Sylva921/
Tavarres E Silva901/
Taveiros Silva811/
de Farias Silva64175/
Deveras Silva621/
de Farias E Silva6010/
do O Farias Silva602/
de Frias Silva591/
de Veras Silva591/
de Vries-Salvi521/
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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 Tavares Silva
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