Silva Family History
Silva Name Meaning
Portuguese, Galician, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name
from any of the many places called Silva, or a topographic name from
silva ‘thicket’, ‘bramble’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Silva
Name Distribution of Silva Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Silva families
 871 - 1,740  291 - 870 |
 1 - 290  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Silva families
|
16 - 30 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Silva families
|
3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Silva census records
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Silva Family Origin
Silva Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Silva
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Silva Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Silva census records
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Silva Civil War Service Records
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