# Sinatra (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sinatra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,093 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,300 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 282,475 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (1,106 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /sɪˈnɑːtɹə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Italian surname (Calabria & Sicily), from the title of magistrates in Italian states, ultimately from a nickname for members of the Roman senate, Latin senatus.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sinatra in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sinatra in the United States and Italy.

## People named Sinatra

- Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (1915–1998)
- Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress (born 1940)
- Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer, composer, conductor and actor (1944–2016)
- Barbara Sinatra, American model, showgirl, and socialite; wife of Zeppo Marx and Frank Sinatra (1927-2017)
- Tina Sinatra, American actress, film producer, businesswoman and singer (born 1948)

## Similar surnames

Santora, Sanders, Snyder, Schneider, Saunders, Snider, Sanderson, Sander, Santoro, Smothers, Sunderland, Senter.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.