The Siler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,327 people carried this name — #4,256 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,910 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

37 people named Siler have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 48 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Greater Poland 18
Opole 8
Lesser Poland 7
Lower Silesian 2
Holy Cross 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In national population registers

98 people named Siler is counted in Slovenia.

Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026.

Counted, by country

Slovenia (2026) 98

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Siler in American newspapers,
1918–1923.

Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Siler
The Ronan Pioneer 1923-11-09
Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Siler
The Poplar Standard 1923-11-09
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Siler
The Birmingham Age-herald 1918-01-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Siler in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

305 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Siler. The most, 101, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 173
New South Wales 47
Queensland 38
Western Australia 23
South Australia 18
Tasmania 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Siler.

Who carried it

People named Siler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Franklin Siler
    Joseph Franklin Siler 1875–1960 · military physician
  • Eugene Siler
    Eugene Siler 1900–1987 · judge
  • Owen W. Siler
    Owen W. Siler 1922–2007 · military officer
  • Andrew Lafayette Siler 1824–1898 · teacher
  • Albert Siler 1829–1904
  • C.A. Siler 1883–1972 · basketball official

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Siler,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States475 records

475 records of the Siler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 272
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 109
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 45
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 17
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leroy Siler

    Born 1924 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Forrest; sales clerk from Hamilton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Cary Hubert Siler

    Born 1945; from Hindsville, Arkansas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Fortunat Siler

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Blucher from Southampton, aged 17; farm laborer. From Gottsilien, Austria. Born in Kron, Austria.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 475 records for Siler in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Siler name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edward J. Siler

    Soldier of Eaglehawk, Victoria; died 1918.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles Siler

    Retired of Caulfield North, Victoria; died 1970.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Francis W. Siler

    Tram conductor of Northcote, Victoria; died 1934.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Siler in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Germany4 records

4 records of the Siler name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Valentin Siler

    From Schmiegel. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 12 August 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 269).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Siler

    From Bernburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 26 September 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hermann Siler

    From Holdenstedt, Sangerhausen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 22 August 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Siler in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Siler name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Carl Bernard Siler

    Died 1963 in Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record William Douglas Withrow Siler

    Born 1918 in Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Siler name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Eric Carlos Siler

    Born 1951 in Pithiviers (Loiret); died 1999 in Thiers (Puy-de-Dôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Siler name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Kind Siler

    Buried in 1742 in Heusden.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Langstraat Heusden Altena (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Switzerland1 record

1 record of the Siler name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Katharina Siler

    Married in 1637 in Kilchberg, canton of Zürich.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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