# Sink (surname)

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

A surname from the Germanic languages [in turn originating as an occupation], referring to a musician who played the zincke.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,388 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,331 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,302 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (5,355 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zink, Zinke, Zincke, Zinc, Zingg, Zing, Sinck, Sincke, Sinke, Sync |

## Etymology

From Germanic surname Zink (from Dutch Zink and northern German Zink), from German Zink (“cornetto, trumpet-like instrument”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sink 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Similar surnames

Sing, Singh, Sines, Swink, Simko, Sowinski, Simek, Sinks, Sims, Saenz, Simms, Song.

## 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.