The Sylva surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,834 people carried this name — #15,864 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,841).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 96 people named Sylva.
Most of them — 60 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Yvelines.
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 print
Sylva in American newspapers,
1918–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,264 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sylva,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marguerite Sylva 1875–1957 · actor -
Marguerite Sylva 1876–1957 · actor
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Berthe Sylva 1885–1941 · singer -
Miguel da Sylva d. 1556 · presbyter
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Eloi Sylva 1843–1919 · singer
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Guido Sylva 1844–1928 · author
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sylva.
- Swider 1,452 · U.S. census
- Swiderski 1,864 · U.S. census
- Switala 474 · U.S. census
- Sy 4,457 · U.S. census
- Sydor 322 · U.S. census
- Sylla 1,530 · U.S. census
- Sylvain 2,143 · U.S. census
- Sylvestre 1,658 · U.S. census
- Syre 136 · U.S. census
- Syren 108 · U.S. census
- Syx 287 · U.S. census
- Szabo 7,678 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sylva is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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