How common is the surname Silvester?

1,163 people in the United States had the surname Silvester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,473 Americans. It ranked 22,194th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Silvester?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Silvester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Silvester?

Jay Silvester, American athletics competitor (born 1937).

Where is the surname Silvester most common?

Wikidata records people named Silvester in the United States.

Is the surname Silvester getting more or less common?

More common. 1,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,163 in 2010, up 8.7%.

Is Silvester also a first name?

Yes. Silvester 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.

The surname Silvester

A surname, carried by 1,163 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S412

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Silvester is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,163 people named Silvester in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,473 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,070.

#22,194

rank among US surnames

1,163

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #22,443)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,194	Ramanathan	1,163	265,473
#22,201	Janak	1,162	265,702

Who is named Silvester

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

87% of people named Silvester identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Silvesters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jay Silvester
American athletics competitor (born 1937)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Silvester

Silvester has the Soundex code S412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S412.

Questions

How common is the surname Silvester?: 1,163 people in the United States had the surname Silvester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,473 Americans. It ranked 22,194th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Silvester?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Silvester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Silvester?: Jay Silvester, American athletics competitor (born 1937).
Where is the surname Silvester most common?: Wikidata records people named Silvester in the United States.
Is the surname Silvester getting more or less common?: More common. 1,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,163 in 2010, up 8.7%.
Is Silvester also a first name?: Yes. Silvester 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.