How Many People Have the Last Name Silvester?
people had the surname Silvester in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 256,410 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 6 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+93 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Silvester (87.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 6.2%, are Hispanic or Latino. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Silvester ranks #17,806. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 90.4% to 87.1%, and the Hispanic or Latino share rose from 3.5% to 6.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Silvester grew from 1,070 people in 2000 to 1,163 in 2010 (up 8.7%), and its rank rose from #22,443 to #22,194. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 0.4 to 0.39 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 1,070 | 1,163 |
| Rank | #22,443 | #22,194 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.4 | 0.39 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Silvester
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Silvester: S412
👤 Silvester as a First Name
Silvester is a first name too: about 643 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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