Silva

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Silva is the most common surname in Portugal and Brazil;[1] it is also widespread in regions of the former Portuguese Empire in Asia, including India and Sri Lanka. The word came originally from 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 and products:

People

Artists and performance arts

Sports

Businesspeople

History

Mediapersons

Political

Scholars

Fictional characters

Others

Other

  • Silva of Sweden is a Swedish-based manufacturer of magnetic compasses and other navigational instruments.
  • Silva (beer), a Romanian beer
  • Silva (Barcelos), a freguesia from the municipality of Barcelos, Portugal

References

  1. ^ Portuguese Wikipedia bibliography
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