Silvas Family History
Silvas Name Meaning
Portuguese and Galician: topographic name from silvas,
plural of silva ‘thicket’, ‘bramble’. See Silva.Hungarian (Szilvás): occupational name for a grower or
seller of soft fruits, from szilva ‘plum’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Silvas Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Silvas families
 40 - 78  14 - 39 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Silvas families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Silvas Family Origin
Silvas Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Silvas
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Silvas Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Silvas Civil War Service Records
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