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    The surname Slivka

    A surname, carried by 967 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S412

    Slivka: #25,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Slivka #25,535, 967 people Slivka: #25,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Slivka #25,535, 967 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slivka is more common than 84.3% of them.

    Origin

    From Slovak Slivka, Ukrainian Сливка (Slyvka), Belarusian Сліўка (Sliwka), Polish Śliwka or another Slavic language, ultimately from *sliva (“plum”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 967 people named Slivka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 319,282 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 915.

    #25,535
    rank among US surnames
    967
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #25,398)

    Who is named Slivka

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

    97% of people named Slivka identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • 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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Slifka

    Surnames that sound like Slivka

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Slivka come from?
    From Slovak Slivka, Ukrainian Сливка (Slyvka), Belarusian Сліўка (Sliwka), Polish Śliwka or another Slavic language, ultimately from *sliva (“plum”).
    How common is the surname Slivka?
    967 people in the United States had the surname Slivka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 319,282 Americans. It ranked 25,535th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slivka?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Slivka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Slivka getting more or less common?
    More common. 915 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 967 in 2010, up 5.7%.
    What are other spellings of Slivka?
    Slifka.