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    The surname Sliva

    A surname, carried by 1,609 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S410

    Sliva: #17,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sliva #17,516, 1,609 people Sliva: #17,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sliva #17,516, 1,609 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sliva is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,609 people named Sliva in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,887 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,444.

    #17,516
    rank among US surnames
    1,609
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,871)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,516Sliva1,609191,887
    #17,521Frasher1,608192,006

    Who is named Sliva

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

    84% of people named Sliva identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sliva

    Sliva 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 Sliva?
    1,609 people in the United States had the surname Sliva in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,887 Americans. It ranked 17,516th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sliva?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Sliva identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Sliva getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,609 in 2010, up 11%.