How common is the surname Sink?

5,388 people in the United States had the surname Sink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,302 Americans. It ranked 6,331st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sink?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sink getting more or less common?

More common. 5,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,388 in 2010, up 0.6%.

What are other spellings of Sink?

Zink, Zinke, Zincke, Zinc, Zingg and Zing.

The surname Sink

A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 5,388 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sink is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

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

Sink is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,388 people named Sink in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,302 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,355.

#6,331

rank among US surnames

5,388

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,920)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,327	Delano	5,392	57,260
#6,329	Pilcher	5,391	57,271
#6,330	Kephart	5,390	57,281
#6,331	Sink	5,388	57,302

Who is named Sink

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

96% of people named Sink identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Zink
Zinke
Zincke
Zinc
Zingg
Zing
Sinck
Sincke
Sinke
Sync

Surnames that sound like Sink

Sink has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sink come from?: From Germanic surname Zink (from Dutch Zink and northern German Zink), from German Zink (“cornetto, trumpet-like instrument”).
How common is the surname Sink?: 5,388 people in the United States had the surname Sink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,302 Americans. It ranked 6,331st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sink?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Sink?: Sink is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sink getting more or less common?: More common. 5,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,388 in 2010, up 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Sink?: Zink, Zinke, Zincke, Zinc, Zingg and Zing.