Silbermann Surname

165,313th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Silbermann Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Silver-Man (German- Jewish nick- or trade-name) [Middle High German silber, O.H.Ger. silbar, silver + man(n]

Silbermann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,6041:50,1906,550
United States3261:1,111,83780,317
France3241:205,00831,862
Uruguay421:81,7098,364
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
England381:1,466,26563,675
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Israel171:503,39037,521
Slovakia151:355,76348,124
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
China21:683,660,78330,601
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Silbermann Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Silver-Man (German- Jewish nick- or trade-name) [Middle High German silber, O.H.Ger. silbar, silver + man(n]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

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

Silbermann Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silbermann (Russian: Сильберманн) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Silbermann click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silbermann? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 165,313th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,780,445 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Silbermann are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Silbermann is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 1,604 people, or 1 in 50,190. In Germany Silbermann is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 22 percent are found, Saxony, where 21 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name exists in 33 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent are found and France, where 12 percent are found.

Silbermann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Silbermann has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Silbermann surname grew 2,329 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Silbermann Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Silbermann last name are 3.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.96% registered with the party.

The amount Silbermann earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 71.83% more than the national average, earning R 408,336 per year; in United States they earn 55.81% more than the national average, earning $67,230 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.86% more than the national average, earning $71,474 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Silbermann Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silbermann in the Russian language
Сильберманнsilbermann-

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Silbermann Reference & Research

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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