The Silvestro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,147 people carried this name — #22,436 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,199 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Silvestro surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Silvestro» (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 659 people named Silvestro 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 131 people named Silvestro.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Var.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
70 people named Silvestro live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Silvestro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Maria Silvestro 1846–1909 · Catholic priest
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Annalisa Silvestro 1951– · politician
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Jim Silvestro 1963– · Australian rules football player
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Francesco Silvestro 1971– · politician
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Chris Silvestro 1979– · association football player
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Gennaro Silvestro 1981– · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Silvestro.
- Silvano 491 · U.S. census
- Silvera 2,082 · U.S. census
- Silvert 121 · U.S. census
- Silvestre 3,550 · U.S. census
- Silvestri 4,638 · U.S. census
- Silvestrini 234 · U.S. census
- Silvi 211 · U.S. census
- Silvy 111 · U.S. census
- Sima 942 · U.S. census
- Siman 326 · U.S. census
- Simao 583 · U.S. census
- Simar 412 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Silvestro is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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