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    The surname Silvis

    A surname, carried by 1,968 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S412

    Silvis: #15,005 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Silvis #15,005, 1,968 people Silvis: #15,005 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Silvis #15,005, 1,968 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Silvis is more common than 90.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,968 people named Silvis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,883 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,882.

    #15,005
    rank among US surnames
    1,968
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #14,521)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,002Hanning1,969156,803
    #15,005Anello1,968156,883

    Who is named Silvis

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

    94% of people named Silvis identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Silvis

    Silvis 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 Silvis?
    1,968 people in the United States had the surname Silvis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,883 Americans. It ranked 15,005th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Silvis?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Silvis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Silvis getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,882 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,968 in 2010, up 4.6%.