How common is the surname Sylla?

1,530 people in the United States had the surname Sylla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. It ranked 18,184th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sylla getting more or less common?

More common. 709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,530 in 2010, up 116%.

The surname Sylla

A surname, carried by 1,530 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). Sylla is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,530 people named Sylla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. That is up 116% since 2000, when the Census counted 709.

#18,184

rank among US surnames

1,530

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+115.8%

change since 2000 (was #30,970)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,177	Albury	1,531	201,663
#18,184	Colvard	1,530	201,794

Who is named Sylla

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

85% of people named Sylla identified as Black (not Hispanic), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 85%
White (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Sylla?: 1,530 people in the United States had the surname Sylla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. It ranked 18,184th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sylla?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Sylla identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sylla getting more or less common?: More common. 709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,530 in 2010, up 116%.