Silberman Surname

78,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Silberman Surname Definition:

(German) One who made and sold silver articles, a silversmith.

Silberman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,3251:83,8069,494
Israel6691:12,7921,947
Argentina5371:79,5976,720
South Africa1361:398,36535,171
Canada1191:309,62728,530
Australia641:421,80833,593
Brazil561:3,822,756105,432
Chile371:476,12112,335
France341:1,953,609166,012
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
Uruguay201:171,58814,480
Mexico201:6,206,31032,158
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
England101:5,571,806158,774
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1381:363,90427,584

Silberman (24) may also be a first name.

Silberman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who made and sold silver articles, a silversmith.

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

(from an ancestor's occupation) Silberman, or Silverman, is a family name derived from the trade in silver.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Silberman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silberman (Russian: Сильберман) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silberman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 78,900th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,177,690 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Silberman live; 72 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name on earth, borne by 24 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 4,325 people, or 1 in 83,806. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 22 percent live, California, where 16 percent live and Florida, where 9 percent live. Excluding The United States Silberman occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 11 percent live and Argentina, where 9 percent live.

Silberman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Silberman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Silberman surname expanded 3,134 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 29 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Silberman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Silberman surname are 41.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.27% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Silberman earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 61.23% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,255 per year; in South Africa they earn 70.57% more than the national average, earning R 405,348 per year; in United States they earn 31.06% more than the national average, earning $56,550 USD per year and in Canada they earn 71.23% more than the national average, earning $85,071 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Silberman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silberman in the Russian language
Сильберманsilberman-

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Silberman Reference & Research

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