Where Does The Last Name Silver Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Silver (Arabic: سيلفر, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻠﻔﻴﺮ, Marathi: वेर) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Sílver. For other potential spellings of Silver click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silver? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 9,873^rd most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 127,802 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Silver reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Silver is also the 18,260^th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 50,836 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 34,680 people, or 1 in 10,452. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 13 percent reside, Florida, where 8 percent reside and North Carolina, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 144 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

Silver Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Silver has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,190 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 320 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 12 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 889 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 170 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Silver Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Silver surname is chiefly Catholic (80%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (58%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Silver surname are 39.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.38% registered with the party.

The amount Silver earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 110.21% more than the national average, earning 727,500 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 77.05% more than the national average, earning R 420,732 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.23% less than the national average, earning $18,108,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.02% more than the national average, earning $49,200 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.94% more than the national average, earning $60,086 CAD per year.