Sills Surname
Approximately 12,772 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameSills Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,329 | 1:38,853 | 4,790 |
| England | 1,381 | 1:40,346 | 5,188 |
| Canada | 1,040 | 1:35,428 | 4,524 |
| Australia | 316 | 1:85,429 | 9,880 |
| Argentina | 111 | 1:385,076 | 29,732 |
| Chile | 109 | 1:161,619 | 5,406 |
| South Africa | 100 | 1:541,777 | 42,852 |
| New Zealand | 100 | 1:45,283 | 7,455 |
| Ireland | 82 | 1:57,426 | 3,925 |
| Scotland | 59 | 1:90,743 | 6,412 |
| Guyana | 40 | 1:19,056 | 2,431 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Northern Ireland | 14 | 1:131,788 | 7,342 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 20 | 1:221,493 | 10,092 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 939 | 1:25,959 | 3,566 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,313 | 1:38,247 | 4,533 |
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.
1 Sill’s (Son): v. Sill.
(occasionally) 2 a variant of Sells, q.v.
(English) Descendant of Sill, a pet form of Silvester (forest dweller), of Silvanus (woods) and of Cecil (blind).
Sills Demographics
Sills Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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 or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sills? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 40,959th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 570,588 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Sills are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 78 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly occurring forename on earth, held by 31 people.
The surname Sills is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 9,329 people, or 1 in 38,853. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 39 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.
Sills Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sills has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sills last name expanded 711 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 147 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 410 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Sills Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sills last name is primarily Catholic (95%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Sills last name are 35.85% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 89.08% being registered to vote for the political 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
Sills Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sills in the Russian language | ||
| Силлс | sills | - |
| Sills in the Arabic language | ||
| سيلز | sylz | - |
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