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    The surname Sinay

    A surname, carried by 541 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sinay is more common than 75.1% of them.

    Origin

    Two main origins: * A variant of Sinai, a Jewish surname. * Borrowed from a Mayan language of Guatemala, apparently from Proto-Mayan *siinaʔnh (“scorpion”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 541 people named Sinay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 570,694 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 449.

    #40,432
    rank among US surnames
    541
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.5%
    change since 2000 (was #44,997)

    Who is named Sinay

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

    55% of people named Sinay identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 37%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sinay

    Sinay has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sinay come from?
    Two main origins: * A variant of Sinai, a Jewish surname. * Borrowed from a Mayan language of Guatemala, apparently from Proto-Mayan *siinaʔnh (“scorpion”).
    How common is the surname Sinay?
    541 people in the United States had the surname Sinay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 570,694 Americans. It ranked 40,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sinay?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Sinay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Sinay getting more or less common?
    More common. 449 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 541 in 2010, up 21%.