This happen because of the most part of the son of brasilian indios take this surname from the portugueses that colonized the country. This mean like "Born in the jungle".
I think it is a Brazilian tradition. Most of the people of Srilanka use 'Da Silva' and most of the Indian's use 'Kumar' as their tradition. Like them Brazil's people use 'Da Silva'.
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This happen because of the most part of the son of brasilian indios take this surname from the portugueses that colonized the country. This mean like "Born in the jungle".
da Silva is a last name, and yes there are a lot of Silvas. Just like Smith or Brown.
I think it is a Brazilian tradition. Most of the people of Srilanka use 'Da Silva' and most of the Indian's use 'Kumar' as their tradition. Like them Brazil's people use 'Da Silva'.
It's just like many English persons named John or jack