How common is the surname Sinks?

1,214 people in the United States had the surname Sinks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sinks?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Sinks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sinks getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, down 6.3%.

The surname Sinks

A surname, carried by 1,214 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). Sinks is more common than 86.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,214 people named Sinks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. That is down 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,295.

#21,509

rank among US surnames

1,214

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,355)

Who is named Sinks

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

90% of people named Sinks identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sinks

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

Questions

How common is the surname Sinks?: 1,214 people in the United States had the surname Sinks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sinks?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Sinks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sinks getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, down 6.3%.