Last Name SILVER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Not available
Origin Jewish, Spanish, Polish, Irish, Belgian, Cape verdean

Rank 1,489 (2000 US census) 1,424 (1990 US census)
Count 21,956 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.6%, or 18136 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.73%, or 2356 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.63%, or 138 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.85%, or 406 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.55%, or 340 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.63%, or 577 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...


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