Selva

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Catalan and Italian Selva. === Proper noun === Selva (plural Selvas) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Selva is the 25187th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 984 individuals. Selva is most common among Hispanic/Latino (55.28%) and White (37.09%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Selva”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === avels, evals, Laves, Elvas, Veals, 'alves, slave, Slavé, Alves, salve, Levas, laves, vales, veals, valse, Slave == Catalan == === Etymology === From selva (“forest”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞l.βə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈsəl.və] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈsɛl.βə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈsel.va] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈsel.βa] === Proper noun === Selva f Selva (a comarca of Girona, Catalonia, Spain) ==== Derived terms ==== selvatà === Further reading === “Selva”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Italian == === Etymology === Topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood, from selva (“wood”). === Proper noun === Selva m or f by sense a surname === Anagrams === salve, slave, svela, valse