Silber Surname
Approximately 8,312 people bear this surname
Silber Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Silber, a pet form of Sigilbert (victory, right); one who came from Silber (silver), the name of various places in Germany; one with gray or silvery hair.
Read More About This SurnameSilber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,714 | 1:97,593 | 10,882 |
| Israel | 1,493 | 1:5,732 | 867 |
| Germany | 1,214 | 1:66,314 | 8,483 |
| Austria | 619 | 1:13,757 | 1,998 |
| France | 308 | 1:215,658 | 33,528 |
| Canada | 182 | 1:202,448 | 19,751 |
| Argentina | 112 | 1:381,638 | 29,480 |
| Czechia | 107 | 1:99,378 | 16,468 |
| Brazil | 81 | 1:2,642,893 | 79,412 |
| England | 79 | 1:705,292 | 39,851 |
| South Africa | 73 | 1:742,160 | 51,964 |
| Turkey | 62 | 1:1,255,184 | 52,483 |
| Belgium | 42 | 1:273,730 | 32,801 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Poland | 36 | 1:1,055,799 | 73,637 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 145 | 1:346,336 | 26,593 |
Silber (281) may also be a first name.
Silber Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Silber, a pet form of Sigilbert (victory, right); one who came from Silber (silver), the name of various places in Germany; one with gray or silvery hair.
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'silver' in German.
- caellenSilber Demographics
Average Male Silber Height
173.56 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Silber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silber Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Silber (Russian: Сильбер) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Silber.
How Common Is The Last Name Silber? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 60,592nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 876,750 people. Silber is mostly found in The Americas, where 37 percent of Silber are found; 35 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Silber is also the 528,876th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 281 people.
The last name Silber is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 3,714 people, or 1 in 97,593. In The United States Silber is most prevalent in: California, where 11 percent reside, Florida, where 9 percent reside and Maryland, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States Silber occurs in 47 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 18 percent reside and Germany, where 15 percent reside.
Silber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Silber has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 2,561 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 226 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Silber Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Silber last name are 42.56% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.79% registered with the party.
The amount Silber earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 81.77% more than the national average, earning R 431,952 per year; in United States they earn 22.54% more than the national average, earning $52,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.65% more than the national average, earning $72,361 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silber Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silber in the Russian language | ||
| Сильбер | silber | - |
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Silber Reference & Research
Silver / Serebryany 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Silber
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