Silverman Surname

19,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Silverman Surname Definition:

An Anglicization of the Ger. Silbermann.

Silverman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States25,5901:14,1641,767
Canada9221:39,9634,995
England8671:64,2657,507
South Africa1471:368,55633,364
Australia1441:187,47018,739
Thailand801:882,979139,249
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
New Zealand441:102,91613,667
France291:2,290,439180,028
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
Mexico211:5,910,77231,438
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
China191:71,964,2933,948
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
United States Virgin Islands171:6,493987
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Norway91:571,36544,190
Wales81:386,81619,671
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Guatemala61:2,680,4456,792
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1181:206,57116,235
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5231:96,0209,791

Silverman (105) may also be a first name.

Silverman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

An Anglicization of the Ger. Silbermann.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) An Anglicization of Silberman, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Silverman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Silverman Come From? nationality or country of origin

Silverman (Russian: Сильверман) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silverman? popularity and diffusion

Silverman is the 19,439th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 258,186 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Silverman live; 94 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America. Silverman is also the 920,134th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 105 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 25,590 people, or 1 in 14,164. In The United States Silverman is most numerous in: New York, where 22 percent are found, California, where 14 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 65 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Silverman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Silverman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Silverman last name grew 4,893 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 735 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 71 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Silverman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Jewish (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Silverman last name are 42.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.27% registered with the political party.

The amount Silverman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 103.19% more than the national average, earning R 482,856 per year; in United States they earn 33.08% more than the national average, earning $57,423 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.2% more than the national average, earning $72,635 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Silverman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silverman in the Russian language
Сильверманsilverman-

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Silverman Reference & Research

Pur-Silverman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Silverman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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