The Silveira surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,267 people carried this name — #5,545 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,200 people counted. That is up 15% from 5,437 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 6,441 people named Silveira live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
208 people named Silveira live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 38 people named Silveira.
Most of them — 23 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Silveira is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Silveira in American newspapers,
1906–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,729 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Silveira,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacinto Carlos da Silveira 1732–1808 · Catholic priest -
Bernardo José de Lorena 1756–1818 · politician -
Francisco Silveira, Count of Amarante 1763–1821 · military personnel -
Joaquim Lobo da Silveira, 7th Count of Oriola 1772–1846 · diplomat -
Miguel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira 1776–1824 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Jacinto Carlos da Silveira: PESP/ Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 178 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Silveira,
in the records of 4 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States397 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 220
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 106
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 36
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 30
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Frank SilveiraBorn 1915 in California. Enlisted 1941 at San Francisco; farm hand from Santa Clara County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Jose A. C. SilveiraBorn 1947; from Turlock, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Jacinttro SilveiraArrived at New York in 1887 aboard the La Bourgogne from Havre, aged 48; farmer. From Italy; bound for California.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 397 records for Silveira in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
France9 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Pascal Jean Georges SilveiraBorn 1956 in Calais; died 1989 in Sangatte (Pas-de-Calais).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Carmen SilveiraBorn 1921 in Spain; died 1994 in Chaumont (Haute-Marne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Joseph SilveiraBorn 1961 in Foix (Ariège); died 1982 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 9 records for Silveira in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Canada3 records
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
- City of Calgary cemetery records 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Maria Lina SilveiraBuried in 1988 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 53.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Sherry Gaye SilveiraDied 1995; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Antonio Rosa SilveiraDied 1986; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Australia1 record
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Manual A. D. SilveiraCook of Sth Melbne, Victoria; died 1906.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Silveira.
- Silvagnoli 132 · U.S. census
- Silvain 107 · U.S. census
- Silvan 379 · U.S. census
- Silvani 298 · U.S. census
- Silvano 491 · U.S. census
- Silvas 4,963 · U.S. census
- Silver 22,052 · U.S. census
- Silvera 2,082 · U.S. census
- Silverman 14,636 · U.S. census
- Silvers 7,602 · U.S. census
- Silverstein 6,576 · U.S. census
- Silvert 121 · U.S. census
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