as a Last Name
- 6,421
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Silveira
Meaning & Origins
Galician and Portuguese: habitational name from places called Silveira in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces or a topographic name from silveira ‘woodland’, a collective derivative of silva.
| 5,453rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,421
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Silveira per capita
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