# Dasilva (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dasilva/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,338 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,767 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,181 people |
| Change since 2000 | +46% (13,978 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dasilva in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dasilva in Brazil, the United States, Armenia, the Kingdom of Portugal, Switzerland and Spain.

## People named Dasilva

- Antônio Benedito da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Thiago Braz da Silva, Brazilian pole vaulter
- Cristiano da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- João Victor Gomes da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Roger Rodrigues da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Leonardo da Silva Souza, Brazilian footballer
- Howard da Silva, American actor (1909–1986)
- Danilo Aparecido da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- David da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Ânderson Miguel da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Edgar Bruno da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Mauro Vinícius da Silva, Brazilian athletics competitor (born 1986)

and 99 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Desilva, DiSalvo, DeSalvo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.