as a Last Name
- 131,348
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Silva
Meaning & Origins
Portuguese, Galician, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of the many places called Silva, or a topographic name from silva ‘thicket’, ‘bramble’.
| 228th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 131,348
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Silva per capita
Top state populations
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