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silas Name Meaning and History

  1. English: from the personal name Silas, a vernacular form of Latin Silvanus (see Silvano).
  2. 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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The silas name in History

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Distribution of silas Families in the US in 1920
Number of silas families
 33-64
 12-32
 1-11
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 34 - Messages: 117
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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
Silas WEstover Joan Cruickshank 1
Harry Earl Silas b. 1947 Ltuxson 0
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