The Silvestri surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,638 people carried this name — #7,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,448 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Silvestri surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From the personal name Silvestro.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Silvestri» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,253 people named Silvestri 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 441 people named Silvestri.
142 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
366 people named Silvestri live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 70 people named Silvestri live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
20 people named Silvestri is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Silvestri in American newspapers,
1901–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,946 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Silvestri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacopo Silvestri 1401–1600 · cryptographer
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Camillo Silvestri 1645–1719 · historian -
Tommaso Silvestri 1744–1789 · presbyter -
Giovanni Silvestri 1778–1855 · publisher -
Orazio Silvestri 1835–1890 · geologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 196 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Silvestri.
- Silvan 379 · U.S. census
- Silvani 298 · U.S. census
- Silvano 491 · U.S. census
- Silvera 2,082 · U.S. census
- Silvert 121 · U.S. census
- Silvestre 3,550 · U.S. census
- Silvestrini 234 · U.S. census
- Silvestro 1,147 · U.S. census
- Silvi 211 · U.S. census
- Silvy 111 · U.S. census
- Sima 942 · U.S. census
- Siman 326 · U.S. census
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