Sills Surname

40,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,772 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Sills Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Cecil,' from the nick. Cill or Sill (v. Silcock); genitive Sills; compare William and Williams.

Johannes Cyllson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1746. Married — Samuel Sills and Elizabeth Sharp: St.

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Sills Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,3291:38,8534,790
England1,3811:40,3465,188
Canada1,0401:35,4284,524
Australia3161:85,4299,880
Argentina1111:385,07629,732
Chile1091:161,6195,406
South Africa1001:541,77742,852
New Zealand1001:45,2837,455
Ireland821:57,4263,925
Scotland591:90,7436,412
Guyana401:19,0562,431
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
China51:273,464,31313,838
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Wales41:773,63329,106
Norfolk Island31:765177
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland201:221,49310,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9391:25,9593,566
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3131:38,2474,533

Sills (31) may also be a first name.

Sills Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Cecil,' from the nick. Cill or Sill (v. Silcock); genitive Sills; compare William and Williams.

Johannes Cyllson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1746. Married — Samuel Sills and Elizabeth Sharp: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1750. — Richard Sills and Mary Stonnill: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 Sill’s (Son): v. Sill.

(occasionally) 2 a variant of Sells, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Sill, a pet form of Silvester (forest dweller), of Silvanus (woods) and of Cecil (blind).

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

Sills Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sills (Arabic: سيلز, Russian: Силлс) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sills? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sills is the 40,959th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 570,588 people. Sills is primarily found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Sills live; 80 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 31 people.

The surname Sills is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 9,329 people, or 1 in 38,853. In The United States Sills is most common in: Texas, where 8 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 39 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.

Sills Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sills has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sills surname rose 711 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 147 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 410 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sills Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (95%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sills surname are 35.85% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 89.08% being registered with the party.

The amount Sills earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.8% more than the national average, earning R 391,632 per year; in United States they earn 0.19% more than the national average, earning $43,229 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.99% more than the national average, earning $50,671 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silles91590/
Shills9119/
Scills912/
Suills911/
Sils89353/
Slls891/
Schills8312/
Szilles837/
Silless830/
Sells8012,563/
Gills803,052/
Zills80459/
Suils80206/
Cills80109/
Shils8051/
Jills8046/
Siels8022/
Sölls809/
Sylls807/
Silsz803/
Silse802/
Silss801/
Slles801/
Schilles77108/
Shilless770/
Sls7512/
Gilles7348,707/
Selles739,638/
Zilles731,761/
Schils731,195/
Shells73692/
Jilles73260/
Scells73112/
Sillje7376/
Ziells7360/
Chills7357/
Cilles7351/
Süllős7318/
Silsce737/
Silshe732/
Sillez732/
Suells732/
Giells731/
Shilsh731/
Sciols731/
Sels673,036/
Gils672,160/
Zils671,883/
Silz67992/
Scelles67808/
Sles67555/
Szőllős67518/
Chilles67180/
Jils67152/
Siellez67139/
Söls67137/
Szöllős67124/
Gilless67122/
Slsh67122/
Schells6762/
Cils6751/
Gillest6746/
Schiels6742/
Gillsch6726/
Shelles6720/
Sielsch6715/
Gillese6710/
Szélles677/
Zielles675/
Gillesp675/
Szelles675/
Sllz674/
Silsova673/
Szellős672/
Gillles672/
Jlls671/
Dsls671/
Xlls671/
Syls671/
Suelles671/
Sselles671/
Slsd671/
Shls671/
Shellss671/
Schlles671/
Sillece671/
Slse671/
Gielles671/
Scylles670/
Schillz670/
Selless670/

Sills Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sills in the Russian language
Силлсsills-
Sills in the Arabic language
سيلزsylz-

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