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    The surname Sidney

    An English place surname, carried by 2,233 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈsɪdni/ 2 syllables Soundex S350 Also a first name

    Sidney: #13,578 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sidney #13,578, 2,233 people Sidney: #13,578 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sidney #13,578, 2,233 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sidney is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from sīd (“wide”) + eġ (“island”).

    Sidney is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,233 people named Sidney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,265 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,033.

    #13,578
    rank among US surnames
    2,233
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,685)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,569Umberger2,235138,141
    #13,572Boler2,234138,203
    #13,578Hosler2,233138,265
    #13,583Reiman2,232138,327

    Who is named Sidney

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

    60% of people named Sidney identified as Black (not Hispanic), 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 60%
    • White (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Sidneys

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sylvia Sidney
      American actress (1910–1999)
    • George Sidney
      American film director and producer (1916-2002)
    • Ann Sidney
      British actress, TV Host and beauty queen, Miss World 1964
    • Scott Sidney
      American film director, 1872–1928
    • Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley
      British baroness; third child and eldest illegitimate daughter of William IV and Dorothea , 1796–1837
    • Saniyya Sidney
      American actress, born 2006

    Notable Sidneys come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Sidney

    Sidney has the Soundex code S350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S350.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sidney come from?
    From Old English *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from sīd (“wide”) + eġ (“island”).
    How common is the surname Sidney?
    2,233 people in the United States had the surname Sidney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,265 Americans. It ranked 13,578th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sidney?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Sidney identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sidney?
    Sylvia Sidney, American actress (1910–1999), followed by George Sidney.
    Where is the surname Sidney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sidney in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Sidney?
    Sidney is /ˈsɪdni/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Sidney?
    Sidney is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Sidney getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,233 in 2010, up 9.8%.
    What are other spellings of Sidney?
    Sydney, Cydney, Sydnie and Sydne.
    Is Sidney also a first name?
    Yes. Sidney is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.