Surname Checker / Sylvester
How Common Is the Last Name Sylvester?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Sylvester today
20,922
Ranked #1,901 of 162,254 published surnames · 6.41 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 18,896 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
72.96%
Black
20.72%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.91%
Hispanic
2.65%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.