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    The surname Silverstein

    A German surname, carried by 6,576 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S416

    Silverstein: #5,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Silverstein #5,300, 6,576 people Silverstein: #5,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Silverstein #5,300, 6,576 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Silverstein is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Variant of Silberstein.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,576 people named Silverstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,950 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,159.

    #5,300
    rank among US surnames
    6,576
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,211)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,293Koster6,58046,922
    #5,295Beeman6,57846,936
    #5,297Wasserman6,57746,943
    #5,300Silverstein6,57646,950
    #5,301Hume6,57346,972
    #5,302Lowell6,56947,000
    #5,303Copley6,56847,008

    Who is named Silverstein

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

    95% of people named Silverstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Silversteins

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shel Silverstein
      American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writer (1930–1999)
    • Larry Silverstein
      American businessman, born 1931
    • Michael Silverstein
      American linguist, anthropologist (1945–2020)
    • Keith Silverstein
      American voice actor (born 1970)
    • Abe Silverstein
      American aerospace engineer, 1908–2001
    • Thomas Silverstein
      American murderer (1952-2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Silverstein

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Silverstein come from?
    Variant of Silberstein.
    How common is the surname Silverstein?
    6,576 people in the United States had the surname Silverstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,950 Americans. It ranked 5,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Silverstein?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Silverstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Silverstein?
    Shel Silverstein, American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writer (1930–1999), followed by Larry Silverstein.
    Where is the surname Silverstein most common?
    Wikidata records people named Silverstein in the United States.
    Is the surname Silverstein getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,576 in 2010, up 6.8%.