How common is the surname Sill?

3,397 people in the United States had the surname Sill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,888 Americans. It ranked 9,568th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sill?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sill?

Judee Sill, American singer (1944–1979).

Where is the surname Sill most common?

Wikidata records people named Sill in the United States.

Is the surname Sill getting more or less common?

More common. 3,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,397 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Sill

A surname, carried by 3,397 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sill is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

English surname, variant of Silvester (from Sylvester) and Silvano.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,397 people named Sill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,888 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,308.

#9,568

rank among US surnames

3,397

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,080)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,562	Towery	3,400	90,808
#9,563	Leader	3,399	90,834
#9,567	Hendon	3,398	90,861
#9,568	Sill	3,397	90,888
#9,570	Revis	3,396	90,914
#9,573	Delacerda	3,395	90,941

Who is named Sill

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

91% of people named Sill identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sills

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Judee Sill
American singer (1944–1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sill

Sill has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Questions

Where does the surname Sill come from?: English surname, variant of Silvester (from Sylvester) and Silvano.
How common is the surname Sill?: 3,397 people in the United States had the surname Sill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,888 Americans. It ranked 9,568th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sill?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sill?: Judee Sill, American singer (1944–1979).
Where is the surname Sill most common?: Wikidata records people named Sill in the United States.
Is the surname Sill getting more or less common?: More common. 3,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,397 in 2010, up 2.7%.