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Silva, the most common surname in Portugal and Brazil, it is predominantly a Portuguese surname . The word came originally from the Latin, meaning woods and, by extension, people that came from forested areas. It was adopted in western Iberia when conquered by Ancient Rome in 219 BC. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:

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  • Silva of Sweden is a Swedish-based manufacturer of magnetic compasses and other navigational instruments.

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