How common is the surname Sindelar?

1,539 people in the United States had the surname Sindelar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. It ranked 18,098th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sindelar?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sindelar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sindelar?

Matthias Sindelar, Austrian association football player (1903-1939).

Where is the surname Sindelar most common?

Wikidata records people named Sindelar in Austria.

Is the surname Sindelar getting more or less common?

More common. 1,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,539 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Sindelar

A Czech surname, carried by 1,539 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sindelar is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Šindelář.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,539 people named Sindelar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,502.

#18,098

rank among US surnames

1,539

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,351)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,089	Frasca	1,541	200,354
#18,090	Zeh	1,540	200,484
#18,098	Quayle	1,539	200,614
#18,106	Chumbley	1,538	200,745

Who is named Sindelar

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

96% of people named Sindelar identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sindelars

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matthias Sindelar
Austrian association football player (1903-1939)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sindelar

Sindelar has the Soundex code S534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S534.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sindelar come from?: Borrowed from Czech Šindelář.
How common is the surname Sindelar?: 1,539 people in the United States had the surname Sindelar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. It ranked 18,098th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sindelar?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sindelar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sindelar?: Matthias Sindelar, Austrian association football player (1903-1939).
Where is the surname Sindelar most common?: Wikidata records people named Sindelar in Austria.
Is the surname Sindelar getting more or less common?: More common. 1,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,539 in 2010, up 2.5%.