How common is the last name Sylvester?

18,019 people in the United States have the last name Sylvester, about 1 in 16,588. It ranks #1,952 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SYLVESTER

#1,952

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,019
About
1 in 16,588
This common or more
47.5%
Who bears it

Of the 18,019 people with the last name Sylvester, 69.2% reported their origin as White, 20.9% as Black and 4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sylvester

#1,950 Ogden · 18,045#1,951 Darby · 18,041#1,953 Landis · 18,001#1,954 Bateman · 17,995

Spelled almost the same

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

#16,310 Sylvestre · 1,713#65,358 Sylvest · 328#90,519 Sylvestri · 219

Also a first name

As a first name, Sylvester ranks #1,841 of 53,615, with 15,812 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1920, with 819 births. See Sylvester as a first name

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