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    The surname Siler

    A surname, carried by 8,327 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S460

    Siler: #4,256 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Siler #4,256, 8,327 people Siler: #4,256 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Siler #4,256, 8,327 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Siler is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,327 people named Siler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,078 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,910.

    #4,256
    rank among US surnames
    8,327
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,145)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,247Damron8,35436,958
    #4,248Williford8,35236,967
    #4,249Lovejoy8,35136,971
    #4,250Lister8,35036,976
    #4,251Gaddy8,34237,011
    #4,252Southerland8,33637,038
    #4,253Wick8,33337,051

    Who is named Siler

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    75% of people named Siler identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Siler

    Siler has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Siler?
    8,327 people in the United States had the surname Siler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,078 Americans. It ranked 4,256th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Siler?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Siler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Siler getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,327 in 2010, up 5.3%.