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    The surname Silkwood

    A place surname, carried by 656 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S423

    Silkwood: #34,495 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Silkwood #34,495, 656 people Silkwood: #34,495 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Silkwood #34,495, 656 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Silkwood is more common than 78.7% of them.

    Origin

    Probably an English habitational surname, even though it does not appear in present-day English records.

    Silkwood is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 656 people named Silkwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 470,649 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 617.

    #34,495
    rank among US surnames
    656
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #34,673)

    Who is named Silkwood

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

    93% of people named Silkwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Silkwood come from?
    Probably an English habitational surname, even though it does not appear in present-day English records.
    How common is the surname Silkwood?
    656 people in the United States had the surname Silkwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 470,649 Americans. It ranked 34,495th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Silkwood?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Silkwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Silkwood?
    Silkwood is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Silkwood getting more or less common?
    More common. 617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 656 in 2010, up 6.3%.