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    The surname Sinkler

    A surname, carried by 1,626 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S524

    Sinkler: #17,367 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sinkler #17,367, 1,626 people Sinkler: #17,367 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sinkler #17,367, 1,626 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sinkler is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,626 people named Sinkler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,289.

    #17,367
    rank among US surnames
    1,626
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,421)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,359Tussey1,627189,764
    #17,367Safi1,626189,880

    Who is named Sinkler

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

    53% of people named Sinkler identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sinkler

    Sinkler has the Soundex code S524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sinkler?
    1,626 people in the United States had the surname Sinkler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. It ranked 17,367th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sinkler?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Sinkler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sinkler getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,289 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,626 in 2010, up 26%.