Silva

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Silva
Coat of arms of Silva.svg
Coat of arms associated to Silva surname
Origin
Meaning"forest, woodland or jungle"
Region of originPortugal
Other names
Variant form(s)Zilva

Silva is a surname in Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Portugal[1][2][3] and Brazil.[4][5] It is derived from the Latin word silva, meaning 'forest' or 'woodland'. It is the family name of the House of Silva.

It is also widespread in Galician-speaking regions of Spain (mostly in Galicia) and even more widespread in regions of the former Portuguese Empire in the Americas (being the most common surname in Brazil), in Africa and Asia, notably in India and Sri Lanka. (See also: Luso-Indian, Portuguese in Sri Lanka) It is also quite common in spanish-speaking Latin America.

Movement of people has led to the name being used in many places. Due to emigration from Portuguese-speaking countries, Silva (and the variants Da Silva and De Silva) is the fifth most common surname in the French department of Val-de-Marne, outside Paris,[6] and it was the 19th most common family name given to newborns between 1966 and 1990 in France. (See: Portuguese in France) It is also the 7th most common surname (and the most common non-German, non-French) in Luxembourg. (See: Portuguese Luxembourger) It is also among the top 20 surnames in Andorra, Angola, Cape Verde and Switzerland.

Geographical distribution[]

As of 2014, 64.7% of all known bearers of the surname Silva were residents of Brazil (frequency 1:57), 5.3% of Mexico (1:417), 5.1% of Portugal (1:37), 3.2% of Mozambique (1:152), 2.8% of Venezuela (1:192), 2.7% of the United States (1:2,361), 2.3% of Chile (1:136), 2.2% of Argentina (1:349), 2.2% of Peru (1:263), 2.0% of Colombia (1:424) and 1.1% of Guinea-Bissau (1:29).

In Brazil, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:57) in the following states:[7]

  1. Maranhão (1:24)
  2. Bahia (1:32)
  3. Roraima (1:32)
  4. Pará (1:35)
  5. Acre (1:38)
  6. Amapá (1:39)
  7. Alagoas (1:39)
  8. Sergipe (1:40)
  9. Amazonas (1:43)
  10. Rio Grande do Norte (1:47)
  11. Pernambuco (1:51)
  12. Goiás (1:53)
  13. Paraíba (1:53)
  14. Piauí (1:54)
  15. Ceará (1:55)
  16. Federal District (1:55)

Arts[]

Actors[]

  • Adele Silva, British actress
  • António Silva (actor) (1886–1971), Portuguese actor
  • Roy de Silva, (1937–2018) Sri Lankan Sinhalese actor and film director
  • Deepani Silva, Sri Lankan actress
  • Douglas Silva, Brazilian actor
  • Fernando Ramos da Silva, (1967-1987) Brazilian actor
  • Frank Silva, (1950–1995) American actor and set dresser
  • Freddie Silva, (1938–2001) Sri Lankan actor, comedian and playback singer
  • Gertrudes Rita da Silva (1825–1888), Portuguese actor
  • Henry Silva, American actor
  • Howard da Silva, American actor and director
  • Sadiris Master, (died 1958) Sri Lankan Sinhalese actor, musician
  • Hilarion "Larry" Silva, (1937-2004) Filipino actor, comedian and politician
  • Leena de Silva (born 1936), Sri Lankan Sinhala film, television, and theater actress
  • Leslie Silva, American actress
  • Nicole da Silva, Australian actress
  • Palitha Silva, Sri Lankan actor
  • Paulo Rogério da Silva, Brazilian actor also known as Gero Camilo
  • Sanjit De Silva, Sri Lankan American actor, director
  • Simone Silva, (1928-1957) Egyptian-born French film actress, also briefly in British films.

Musicians[]

  • Da Silva (singer), French singer, songwriter of Portuguese origin
  • Alan Silva, American free jazz double bassist
  • Amancio D'Silva, (1936-1996) Indian jazz guitarist and composer
  • Andrew Conrad De Silva, Sri Lankan Australian R&B and rock vocalist and instrumentalist
  • Dawn Silva, American funk vocalist
  • Deepal Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese playback singer and actor
  • Desmond de Silva, Sri Lankan vocalist
  • Francisco Manuel da Silva, (1795-1865) Brazilian composer and music professor
  • Henry Silva, Cape Verdean band leader/singer
  • Humberto Rodríguez Silva, (1908-1952) Cuban composer and judge
  • Horace Silver (1928-2014), American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader
  • Luis Silva, (1943-2008) American Tejano songwriter
  • Lúcio Silva da Souza, known artistically as Silva, Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
  • Rui da Silva, Portuguese DJ
  • Stuart de Silva, Sri Lankan Australian jazz pianist
  • Virajini Lalithya de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese vocalist
  • Vivienne de Silva Boralessa, (1930-2017) Sri Lankan vocalist (Buddhist devotional music)

Painters and sculptors[]

Writers[]

First name
  • Silva Kaputikyan, Armenian poet, writer, academian and public activist
Surname
  • Alfreda de Silva (born 1920), Sri Lankan Sinhala poet, journalist, and screenwriter
  • António Diniz da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese heroic-comic poet
  • António José da Silva, eighteenth-century Brazilian Converso playwright known as "The Jew"
  • Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva (Arménio Vieira), Portuguese journalist
  • Baltasar Lopes da Silva, Cape Verdean writer
  • Daniel Silva (novelist), American author
  • John de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese playwright
  • José Gabriel Lopes da Silva (Gabriel Mariano), Cape Verdean poet and essayist
  • Joseph Silva, a pseudonym of Ron Goulart
  • Luís Filipe Silva, Portuguese writer
  • Nihal De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese novelist
  • Sugathapala de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese dramatist, novelist, radio play producer, and translator
  • Wellawattearachchige Abraham Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese novelist
  • Wilson da Silva, Australian/Portuguese science writer, editor and filmmaker

Other arts[]

Fictional characters[]

  • Silva (Shaman King), a fictional character in Shaman King
  • Silva, a mystical speaking necklace in GARO
  • Raoul Silva, the antagonist of the James Bond film Skyfall
  • Rose Da Silva, Christopher Da Silva & Sharon Da Silva, fictional characters in the Silent Hill (film)
  • Kristen De Silva, protagonist in Child's Play 3, played by US actress Perrey Reeves

History[]

  • Bernardo Peres da Silva, the first and only native Goan governor of Portuguese India
  • Lucius Flavius Silva, Roman governor of Judea who crushed Jewish resistance at Masada in 73 AD
  • José Joaquim da Silva Xavier (1746–1792), known as Tiradentes, Brazilian independentist leader
  • Pedro da Silva, first post courier of Canada (17th-18th century)
  • Ruy Gómez de Silva (1516-1573), nobleman and cousin of Philip II of Spain

Media[]

  • Dayananda de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese radio journalist at Radio Ceylon
  • João Silva (photographer), South African photographer
  • Martin Silva, politician and radio personality
  • Sampath Lakmal de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese journalist specializing in defense issues
  • Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares, Miss Belgium
  • Tom Silva, general contractor on the PBS show This Old House
  • Thotawatte Don Manuel Titus de Silva, popularly as Titus Thotawatte, was a Sri Lankan director and editor who made several popular Sri Lankan action movies in the 1960s and 1970s and later developed Sinhala children's programmes. Thotawatte died on 15 October 2011 in Colombo.

Hélio José da Silva Lima, Corumbá de Goiá, 1960, former Senator, 2014 - 2018, legislature períod.

Political and military figures[]

Religion[]

  • Saint Beatrice of Silva, Portuguese Dominican nun
  • Clarence Richard Silva, United States Catholic bishop
  • Hezekiah da Silva, Jewish author born in Livorno, Italy, and teacher in Jerusalem
  • Blessed João Mendes de Silva (Amadeus of Portugal), Portuguese Hieronymite and later Franciscan
  • Kanishka de Silva Raffel (born 1964), Sri Lankan Australian Anglican priest, 12th Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
  • Lynn de Silva, Sri Lankan Methodist theologian
  • Raúl Silva Henríquez, Chilean cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Robert D'Silva, Pakistani Catholic priest
  • Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhala Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo

Scholars[]

  • Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher
  • Arjuna Priyadarsin de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese gastroenterologist
  • Chandra Richard de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese academic, historian, and author
  • Clarence de Silva, Canadian engineer
  • Dudley Kenneth George de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese educationist
  • Harendra de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese pediatrician
  • H. Janaka de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese physician
  • Jayathi De Silva, Sri Lankan scientist and model
  • José Sebastião e Silva, Portuguese mathematician
  • Kingsley De Silva, Sri Lankan obstetrician and gynaecologist
  • Kingsley Muthumuni de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese academic, historian, and author
  • Kongahage Anslem Lawrence de Silva (born 1940), Sri Lankan Sinhala biologist and herpetologist
  • Maria Nazareth F. da Silva, Brazilian zoologist
  • Maurício Rocha e Silva, Brazilian physician
  • Mohan De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese surgeon
  • Moisés Silva, Cuban-born American professor of biblical studies
  • Primus Thilakaratne de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese senior consultant physician
  • Ranjith Premalal De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese professor of agricultural engineering
  • Sammu Raghu De Silva Chandrakeerthy, Sri Lankan Sinhalese engineering professor
  • Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese doctor, founder of the Saukyadana Movement
  • Alcino J. Silva, Portugal-born American neuroscientist

Sports[]

Many people on this list are not generally known as Silva.[8]

Auto racing[]

  • Ayrton Senna da Silva, also known as Ayrton Senna or Senna, Brazilian Formula One triple world champion
  • Ollie Silva, American auto racing driver

Basketball[]

  • Chris Silva (Chris Silva Obame Correia), Gabonese player
  • Filipe da Silva, Portuguese player
  • Maria Paula Silva, Brazilian player
  • Oscar da Silva (born 1998), German basketball player
  • Paulo César da Silva or Giant Silva (born 1962), Brazilian national player, later wrestler and mixed martial artist

Beach volleyball[]

  • Jackie Silva, Brazilian beach volleyball player
  • Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazilian beach volleyball player

Cricket[]

Horse racing/Jockeys[]

Football[]

Brazil[]

Male international players
  • Afonso Guimarães da Silva, Afonsinho
  • Alexandre da Silva Mariano
  • Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, Alexandre Pato
  • Cleonésio Carlos da Silva
  • Dani Alves, Daniel Alves da Silva
  • Gilberto Silva
  • Gilberto da Silva Melo
  • Giovanni Silva de Oliveira
  • Heurelho da Silva Gomes, Heurelho Gomes
  • Jackson Coelho Silva
  • João Alves de Assis Silva, Jô
  • Jorge Luís Andrade da Silva
  • José Roberto da Silva Júnior, Zé Roberto
  • Leônidas da Silva
  • Lucimar Ferreira da Silva, Lúcio
  • Luiz Alberto da Silva Oliveira
  • Mauro Silva, Mauro da Silva Gomes
  • Nélson de Jesus Silva, Dida (footballer born 1973)
  • Neymar, Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
  • Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Nilmar
  • Oscarino Costa Silva
  • Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha, Roberto Carlos
  • Thiago Emiliano da Silva, Thiago Silva
  • Willian, Willian Borges da Silva
Female international players
Others

Croatia[]

England[]

Equatorial Guinea[]

  • Emmanuel Danilo Clementino Silva (Danilo Clementino)

Paraguay[]

Portugal[]

Spain[]

  • David Silva, David Josué Jiménez Silva
  • Donato Gama da Silva
  • Fernando Macedo da Silva

Sri Lanka[]

Uruguay[]

Managers and referees[]

Martial arts[]

  • Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Antônio Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Assuerio Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Edinanci Silva, Brazilian judoka
  • Erick Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Giant Silva (Paulo César da Silva), Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Jay Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Jussier da Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Thiago Silva (fighter), Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist

Track and field[]

Other sports[]

Others[]

  • A. E. de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese businessman
  • Eugenia Silva, Spanish model
  • Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese business magnate, banker, and barrister
  • George David Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Australian mass murderer
  • João Marques Silva, Portuguese researcher
  • José da Silva Pais, Portuguese soldier
  • José Silva (parapsychologist), Portuguese-American parapsychologist
  • Kamaj Silva (born 1983), Sri Lankan Sinhala entrepreneur
  • Moises Teixeira da Silva, Brazilian robber
  • Palmira Silva, British murder victim
  • Riccardo Silva (born 1970), Italian businessman
  • Quentin D'Silva, Pakistani businessman
  • Steven Silva, American chef
  • Thakurartha Devadithya Guardiyawasam Lindamulage Nalin Kumara de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese promoter of pseudoscience
  • Jean Charles da Silva e de Menezes, a British murder victim

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Saiba quais são os 3 sobrenomes mais comuns em 64 diferentes países. Archived 2013-08-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ © 2005 SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE INFORMAÇÃO ECONÓMICA S.A. - SPIE (in Portuguese).
  3. ^ Os 100 Apelidos mais frequentes da População Portuguesa Archived 2013-02-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
  4. ^ O ProJovem é Silva, Santos... Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
  5. ^ Descubra como surgiram os Silva, os Araújo, os Fernandes, os Batista, os Carneiro... Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
  6. ^ Number of Da Silva in France
  7. ^ Silva surname distribution
  8. ^ In Brazil, sportspeople, especially footballers, are frequently referred to by their apelido/alcunha, a one- or two-word appellation that may be part of their real name or a nickname. For example, Roberto Carlos da Silva is better known as Roberto Carlos, Marta Vieira da Silva as Marta, José Roberto da Silva Júnior as Zé Roberto, and Nélson de Jesus Silva as Dida. Ayrton Senna da Silva is a slightly different case; he chose to be known professionally by his mother's family name of Senna.
  9. ^ http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=145618
  10. ^ http://www.island.lk/2002/05/05/sports08.html

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  • COROMINES, Joan. Onomasticon Cataloniæ (vol. I-VIII). Barcelona: 1994.
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  • TÁVORA, D. Luis de Lancastre e. Dicionário das Famílias Portuguesas. Quetzal Editores, 2ª Edição, Lisboa, pág. 324.
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