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    The surname Sickles

    A German surname, carried by 3,158 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S242

    Sickles: #10,200 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sickles #10,200, 3,158 people Sickles: #10,200 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sickles #10,200, 3,158 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sickles is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Possibly an altered form of German Sickel.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,158 people named Sickles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,766 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,180.

    #10,200
    rank among US surnames
    3,158
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #9,393)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,193Pizzo3,16197,673
    #10,197Garr3,16097,704
    #10,199Swint3,15997,735
    #10,200Hunsinger3,15897,766
    #10,204Thakkar3,15797,797

    Who is named Sickles

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Sickles identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sickless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carlton R. Sickles
      American politician (1921-2004)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sickles

    Sickles has the Soundex code S242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S242.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sickles come from?
    Possibly an altered form of German Sickel.
    How common is the surname Sickles?
    3,158 people in the United States had the surname Sickles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,766 Americans. It ranked 10,200th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sickles?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sickles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sickles?
    Carlton R. Sickles, American politician (1921-2004).
    Where is the surname Sickles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sickles in the United States.
    Is the surname Sickles getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,180 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,158 in 2010, down 0.7%.