How common is the surname Sylva?

1,834 people in the United States had the surname Sylva in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,345 Americans. It ranked 15,864th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sylva?

In the 2010 Census, 40% of people named Sylva identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sylva getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,834 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Sylva

A surname, carried by 1,834 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sylva is more common than 90.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,834 people named Sylva in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,345 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,841.

#15,864

rank among US surnames

1,834

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,792)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,857	Dority	1,835	168,254
#15,864	Leonardi	1,834	168,345
#15,871	Roh	1,833	168,437

Who is named Sylva

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

40% of people named Sylva identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 13% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 40%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29%
Two or more races 13%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sylva

Sylva 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 Sylva?: 1,834 people in the United States had the surname Sylva in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,345 Americans. It ranked 15,864th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sylva?: In the 2010 Census, 40% of people named Sylva identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sylva getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,834 in 2010, down 0.4%.