The silas Surname

silas Name Meaning and History

English: from the personal name Silas, a vernacular form of Latin Silvanus (see Silvano).
Hungarian (Szilas): from the old Hungarian personal name Szilas, or from a pet form of the ecclasiastical names Szilveszter or Szilvánusz (see Silvester, Silvano).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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silas Family Facts

Distribution of silas Families in the US in 1920

Number of silas families

33-64

12-32

1-11

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 34 - Messages: 119

Thread	Author	Replies
RE:SILAS FAMILY ANCESTRY	DAPHNE HALL	24
SILAS FAMILY ORIGINS	R.WILLIAMS	1
Mena Silas	dhilsen	0
Silas	shirleyallen141	1
SILAS, Fr. Dewey R.	CCayemberg	0
Lee Silas bio	Not_A_Relative	0
12th KY Inf Co B	steve todd	0
Silas family from Talladega Al.	sandkwalker	1
John Silas	uzziemom	0
SILAS	NancyTaylor182	1

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