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Is Silva a Male or Female Name?

Silva is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Silva globally is 30.9% males and 69.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Portugal with 65.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Italy with 90.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Silva in percentages: Globally: 30.9% males, 69.1% females, Brazil: 28.3% males, 71.7% females, Portugal: 65.0% males, 35.0% females, United States: 12.7% males, 87.3% females, Italy: 9.1% males, 90.9% females, France: 47.6% males, 52.4% females, Angola: 64.5% males, 35.5% females, Switzerland: 59.9% males, 40.1% females, Germany: 18.0% males, 82.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Silva are 55-64 years old, making up 25.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Silva in each age group: 18-24: 5.0%, 25-34: 10.3%, 35-44: 13.4%, 45-54: 23.4%, 55-64: 25.7%, 65+: 22.3%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Silva is Angola with 0.059% of the population. Following is Portugal and Brazil.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Silva measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Silva year over year: 1956: 0.0058‰, 1957: 0.0087‰, 1958: 0.0085‰, 1959: 0.0085‰, 1960: 0.0078‰, 1961: 0.0074‰, 1962: 0.0082‰, 1963: 0.0089‰, 1964: 0.0078‰, 1965: 0.0068‰, 1966: 0.0075‰, 1967: 0.007‰, 1968: 0.0079‰, 1969: 0.0076‰, 1970: 0.0081‰, 1971: 0.0086‰, 1972: 0.0087‰, 1973: 0.0066‰, 1974: 0.0079‰, 1975: 0.0082‰, 1976: 0.0066‰, 1977: 0.0057‰, 1978: 0.0056‰, 1979: 0.0057‰, 1980: 0.0055‰, 1981: 0.0044‰, 1982: 0.0043‰, 1983: 0.0038‰, 1984: 0.004‰, 1985: 0.0041‰, 1986: 0.0039‰, 1987: 0.0037‰, 1988: 0.0035‰, 1989: 0.0033‰, 1990: 0.0035‰, 1991: 0.0037‰, 1992: 0.0042‰, 1993: 0.0024‰, 1994: 0.0025‰, 1995: 0.0016‰, 1996: 0.0011‰, 1997: 0.0014‰, 1998: 0.0014‰, 1999: 0.001‰, 2000: 0.0016‰

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