Silverstone Surname

252,790th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,565 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Silverstone Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Silverstone; or Dweller at the White Stone or Rock [Dialectal English silver, white; Old English seolfor, silver + Old English stán, stone, rock, stone castle] But Silverstone, Northants, occurs in Domesday-Book as Silvestone and Selvestone.

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Silverstone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7211:502,71742,271
England3331:167,32115,468
Canada1561:236,19022,564
Australia1101:245,41522,739
Israel711:120,53013,243
South Africa611:888,15957,770
Wales191:162,87011,152
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
France41:16,605,680368,153
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1061:229,95617,302
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

Silverstone (33) may also be a first name.

Silverstone Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Silverstone; or Dweller at the White Stone or Rock [Dialectal English silver, white; Old English seolfor, silver + Old English stán, stone, rock, stone castle] But Silverstone, Northants, occurs in Domesday-Book as Silvestone and Selvestone.

This name is often an Anglicization of the Ger. Silberstein.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) Silver stone.

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

A parish in co. Northampton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Silverston, a parish co. Northampton. But see Smalstone.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Northamptonshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Silverstone Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silverstone occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silverstone? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 252,790th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,656,579 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Silverstone are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Silverstone is also the 1,807,719th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 33 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 721 people, or 1 in 502,717. In The United States Silverstone is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 15 percent are found, California, where 15 percent are found and Maryland, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States it is found in 34 countries. It is also common in England, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Silverstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Silverstone has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,803 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 314 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Silverstone Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Silverstone surname is predominantly Anglican (91%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Silverstone surname are 3.22% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.45% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Silverstone earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 490.69% more than the national average, earning R 1,403,700 per year; in United States they earn 32.52% more than the national average, earning $57,181 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.67% more than the national average, earning $64,426 CAD per year.

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