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    The surname Silk

    An occupational surname, carried by 3,180 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S420

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Silk is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as an occupation for a seller of silk.

    Silk is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,180 people named Silk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,090 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,755.

    #10,140
    rank among US surnames
    3,180
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.4%
    change since 2000 (was #10,657)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,132Parmenter3,18297,029
    #10,136Benites3,18197,059
    #10,140Nardone3,18097,090
    #10,145Esch3,17997,120

    Who is named Silk

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

    83% of people named Silk identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 6.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Silks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dave Silk
      American ice hockey player, born 1958
    • Joseph Silk
      British-American astronomer, born 1942

    Notable Silks come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Silk

    Silk has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Silk?
    3,180 people in the United States had the surname Silk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,090 Americans. It ranked 10,140th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Silk?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Silk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Who is the most famous person named Silk?
    Dave Silk, American ice hockey player, followed by Joseph Silk.
    Where is the surname Silk most common?
    Wikidata records people named Silk in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Silk?
    Silk is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Silk getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,180 in 2010, up 15%.