How common is the surname Sliwa?

1,068 people in the United States had the surname Sliwa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,088 Americans. It ranked 23,714th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sliwa?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Sliwa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sliwa?

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

Where is the surname Sliwa most common?

Wikidata records people named Sliwa in the United States.

Is the surname Sliwa getting more or less common?

More common. 980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,068 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Sliwa

A Polish surname, carried by 1,068 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sliwa is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

* (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.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,068 people named Sliwa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,088 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 980.

#23,714

rank among US surnames

1,068

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #24,023)

Who is named Sliwa

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

97% of people named Sliwa identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sliwas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sliwa

Selway

Sliwa has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sliwa come from?: * (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.
How common is the surname Sliwa?: 1,068 people in the United States had the surname Sliwa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,088 Americans. It ranked 23,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sliwa?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Sliwa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sliwa?: Curtis Sliwa, American politician, talk radio show host, and founder of the Guardian Angels (born 1954).
Where is the surname Sliwa most common?: Wikidata records people named Sliwa in the United States.
Is the surname Sliwa getting more or less common?: More common. 980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,068 in 2010, up 9.0%.