The surname Silver
An occupational surname, carried by 22,052 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈsɪlvɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex S416 Also a first name
Origin
As a surname, anglicised from the German Jewish ornamental surname Silber.
Silver 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 22,052 people named Silver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,001 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 21,956.
Who is named Silver
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
80% of people named Silver identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 80%
- Black (not Hispanic) 12%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Famous Silvers
19 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Horace SilverAmerican jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
- Ron SilverAmerican actor (1946-2009)
- Adam SilverAmerican businessman and NBA commissioner, born 1962
- Phil SilversAmerican entertainer, comedic actor, songwriter (1911-1985)
- Joel SilverAmerican film producer (born 1952)
- Nate SilverAmerican statistician, journalist, and poker player (born 1978)
- Scott SilverAmerican film director and screenwriter, born 1964
- Michael B. SilverAmerican actor, born 1967
- Spencer SilverAmerican chemist (1941–2021)
- John SilverBritish drummer, born 1950
- Josh SilverAmerican keyboardist and producer, born 1962
- Emily SilverAmerican swimmer, born 1985
Notable Silvers come mostly from the United States (18) and the Russian Empire (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Surnames that sound like Silver
Silver has the Soundex code S416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S416.
Questions
- Where does the surname Silver come from?
- As a surname, anglicised from the German Jewish ornamental surname Silber.
- How common is the surname Silver?
- 22,052 people in the United States had the surname Silver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,001 Americans. It ranked 1,632nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Silver?
- In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Silver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Silver?
- Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014), followed by Ron Silver.
- Where is the surname Silver most common?
- Wikidata records people named Silver in the United States and the Russian Empire.
- How do you pronounce Silver?
- Silver is /ˈsɪlvɚ/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Silver?
- Silver is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Silver getting more or less common?
- More common. 21,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,052 in 2010, up 0.4%.
- Is Silver also a first name?
- Yes. Silver is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.