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    The surname Silvernail

    A surname, carried by 1,544 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S416

    Silvernail: #18,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Silvernail #18,057, 1,544 people Silvernail: #18,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Silvernail #18,057, 1,544 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Silvernail is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,544 people named Silvernail in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,965 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,489.

    #18,057
    rank among US surnames
    1,544
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,457)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,054Migliaccio1,545199,835
    #18,057Dubiel1,544199,965

    Who is named Silvernail

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

    95% of people named Silvernail identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Silvernail

    Silvernail 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 Silvernail?
    1,544 people in the United States had the surname Silvernail in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,965 Americans. It ranked 18,057th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Silvernail?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Silvernail identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Silvernail getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,489 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,544 in 2010, up 3.7%.