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Sild (surname)

family name

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ28322317 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sild is an Estonian language surname meaning "bridge".

As of 1 January 2021, 524 men and 544 women in Estonia have the surname Sild. Sild is ranked the 65th most common surname for men in Estonia and 61st for women. The surname Sild is most common in Viljandi County, where 21.55 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the surname.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sild (surname)” as family name. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Sild, surname and family can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as family name. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28322317. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2021.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sild (surname)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.