# Sylvestre (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,658 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,111 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 186,216 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (1,195 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sylvestre 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) | 45% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sylvestre in France and Haiti.

## People named Sylvestre

- Eddy Sylvestre, Algerian and French footballer
- Brian Sylvestre, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Sylvester, Silvestri, Silvestre, Silvester, Silvestro, Silvas, Schlabach, Slabaugh, Silvis, Slavik, Salvaggio, Selvage.

## 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.