How common is the surname Silverberg?

2,371 people in the United States had the surname Silverberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,217 Americans. It ranked 12,953rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Silverberg?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Silverberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Silverberg?

Robert Silverberg, American speculative fiction writer and editor (born 1935).

Where is the surname Silverberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Silverberg in the United States.

Is the surname Silverberg getting more or less common?

More common. 2,248 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,371 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Silverberg

A surname, carried by 2,371 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Silverberg is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,371 people named Silverberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,217 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,248.

#12,953

rank among US surnames

2,371

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,634)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,944	Steffey	2,373	130,108
#12,948	Letson	2,372	130,163
#12,953	Silverberg	2,371	130,217
#12,961	Rine	2,370	130,272

Who is named Silverberg

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

94% of people named Silverberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Silverbergs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Silverberg
American speculative fiction writer and editor (born 1935)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Silverberg

Silverberg has the Soundex code S416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S416.

Questions

How common is the surname Silverberg?: 2,371 people in the United States had the surname Silverberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,217 Americans. It ranked 12,953rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Silverberg?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Silverberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Silverberg?: Robert Silverberg, American speculative fiction writer and editor (born 1935).
Where is the surname Silverberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Silverberg in the United States.
Is the surname Silverberg getting more or less common?: More common. 2,248 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,371 in 2010, up 5.5%.