How common is the last name Silver?

21,205 people in the United States have the last name Silver, about 1 in 14,096. It ranks #1,651 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SILVER

#1,651

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,205
About
1 in 14,096
This common or more
45.5%
Who bears it

Of the 21,205 people with the last name Silver, 77.3% reported their origin as White, 11.1% as Black and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Silver

#1,649 Ludwig · 21,232#1,650 Dodge · 21,224#1,652 Wolff · 21,203#1,653 Galvez · 21,202

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Silver, most common first.

#4,808 Silvers · 7,127#11,880 Silber · 2,520#13,896 Silvera · 2,079#46,712 Silveri · 491

Also a first name

As a first name, Silver ranks #7,717 of 53,615, with 1,946 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2023, with 75 births. See Silver as a first name

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