The Silber surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,390 people carried this name — #12,878 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 123,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 2,208 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Silber.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 48 people named Silber live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Silber in American newspapers,
1893–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 99,707 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Silber,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcello Silber d. 1527 · printer
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Eucharius Silber 1450–1509 · printer
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Benjamin Silber 1772–1821 · writer
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Ernst Woldemar Silber 1816–1866 · head teacher
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Paul Silber 1851–1932 · chemist
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Viktor Silber 1857–1940
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Silber.
- Signorino 424 · U.S. census
- Sigrist 928 · U.S. census
- Sigwalt 125 · U.S. census
- Siino 292 · U.S. census
- Sikora 5,604 · U.S. census
- Sikorski 4,189 · U.S. census
- Silbermann 174 · U.S. census
- Silberstein 609 · U.S. census
- Siles 714 · U.S. census
- Silo 124 · U.S. census
- Silva 161,633 · U.S. census
- Silvagni 158 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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