# Sills (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sills/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,761 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,171 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,666 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (6,729 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sills in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sills in the United States.

## People named Sills

- Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano (1929-2007)
- Milton Sills, American stage and film actor (1882-1930)

## Similar surnames

Sells, Silas, Salls, Sallis, Salles, Skiles, Silk, Swails, Solis, Salas, Schulz, Seals.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.