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    The surname Silliman

    A surname, carried by 1,623 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S455

    Silliman: #17,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Silliman #17,392, 1,623 people Silliman: #17,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Silliman #17,392, 1,623 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Silliman is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,623 people named Silliman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,231 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,484.

    #17,392
    rank among US surnames
    1,623
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,505)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,385Brasel1,624190,114
    #17,392Slavens1,623190,231
    #17,398Olaughlin1,622190,349

    Who is named Silliman

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

    92% of people named Silliman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sillimans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mike Silliman
      Basketball player (1944-2000)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Silliman

    Silliman has the Soundex code S455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S455.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Silliman?
    1,623 people in the United States had the surname Silliman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,231 Americans. It ranked 17,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Silliman?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Silliman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Silliman?
    Mike Silliman, basketball player (1944-2000).
    Where is the surname Silliman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Silliman in the United States.
    Is the surname Silliman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,623 in 2010, up 9.4%.