The surname Sidhu
A Punjabi surname, carried by 4,795 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S300
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਧੂ (siddhū).
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,795 people named Sidhu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,389 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,821.
Who is named Sidhu
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Sidhu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
- Two or more races 2.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Sidhu
Sidhu has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Sidhu come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਧੂ (siddhū).
- How common is the surname Sidhu?
- 4,795 people in the United States had the surname Sidhu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,389 Americans. It ranked 6,987th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sidhu?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Sidhu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Sidhu getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,821 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,795 in 2010, up 70%.