The surname Dasilva
A surname, carried by 20,338 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex D241
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 20,338 people named Dasilva in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,181 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,978.
Who is named Dasilva
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
78% of people named Dasilva identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 78%
- Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Famous Dasilvas
111 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Antônio Benedito da SilvaBrazilian association football player, born 1965
- Thiago Braz da SilvaBrazilian pole vaulter, born 1993
- Cristiano da SilvaBrazilian association football player, born 1987
- João Victor Gomes da SilvaBrazilian association football player, born 2001
- Roger Rodrigues da SilvaBrazilian association football player, born 1985
- Leonardo da Silva SouzaBrazilian footballer, born 1992
- Howard da SilvaAmerican actor (1909–1986)
- Danilo Aparecido da SilvaBrazilian association football player, born 1986
- David da SilvaBrazilian association football player, born 1989
- Ânderson Miguel da SilvaBrazilian footballer, born 1983
- Edgar Bruno da SilvaBrazilian association football player, born 1987
- Mauro Vinícius da SilvaBrazilian athletics competitor (born 1986)
Notable Dasilvas come mostly from Brazil (103), the United States (3) and Armenia (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Dasilva has the Soundex code D241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D241.
Questions
- How common is the surname Dasilva?
- 20,338 people in the United States had the surname Dasilva in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,181 Americans. It ranked 1,767th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dasilva?
- In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Dasilva identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Dasilva?
- Antônio Benedito da Silva, Brazilian association football player, followed by Thiago Braz da Silva.
- Where is the surname Dasilva most common?
- Wikidata records people named Dasilva in Brazil, the United States and Armenia and 3 other countries.
- Is the surname Dasilva getting more or less common?
- More common. 13,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,338 in 2010, up 46%.