# Sliwa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sliwa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Polish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,068 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,714 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 289,088 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.0% (980 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* (Polish name): From Polish Śliwa, from śliwa (“plum tree”). Doublet of sloe. * (Assyrian name): Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ṣlīḇā, “Crucifix”), a surname borne by Assyrians.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sliwa in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sliwa in the United States.

## People named Sliwa

- Curtis Sliwa, American politician, talk radio show host, and founder of the Guardian Angels (born 1954)

## Similar surnames

Selway, Sewell, Shelley, Shell, Schell, Seeley, Sell, Saleh, Shull, Sowell, Seal, Scholl.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.