How common is the surname Silvey?

3,798 people in the United States had the surname Silvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,292 Americans. It ranked 8,651st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Silvey?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Silvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Silvey?

Susie Silvey, British actress, dancer and model.

Where is the surname Silvey most common?

Wikidata records people named Silvey in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Silvey getting more or less common?

More common. 3,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,798 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Silvey

A surname, carried by 3,798 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Silvey is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,798 people named Silvey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,292 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,777.

#8,651

rank among US surnames

3,798

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,084)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,648	Burdine	3,802	81,206
#8,649	Cancel	3,801	81,227
#8,650	Reichard	3,799	81,270
#8,651	Silvey	3,798	81,292
#8,653	Casella	3,797	81,313

Who is named Silvey

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

92% of people named Silvey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Silveys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Susie Silvey
British actress, dancer and model, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Silvey

Silvey has the Soundex code S410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S410.

Questions

How common is the surname Silvey?: 3,798 people in the United States had the surname Silvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,292 Americans. It ranked 8,651st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Silvey?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Silvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Silvey?: Susie Silvey, British actress, dancer and model.
Where is the surname Silvey most common?: Wikidata records people named Silvey in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Silvey getting more or less common?: More common. 3,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,798 in 2010, up 0.6%.