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    The surname Sinnott

    A surname, carried by 2,931 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S530

    Sinnott: #10,871 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sinnott #10,871, 2,931 people Sinnott: #10,871 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sinnott #10,871, 2,931 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sinnott is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,931 people named Sinnott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,338 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,972.

    #10,871
    rank among US surnames
    2,931
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #10,004)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,866Owsley2,932105,302
    #10,871Helmuth2,931105,338
    #10,880Midgett2,930105,374

    Who is named Sinnott

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

    95% of people named Sinnott identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sinnotts

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joe Sinnott
      American artist (1926-2020)
    • Edmund Ware Sinnott
      American botanist (1888-1968)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Synnott
    • Synnot
    • Sinnot
    • Sinnote

    Surnames that sound like Sinnott

    Sinnott has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sinnott?
    2,931 people in the United States had the surname Sinnott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,338 Americans. It ranked 10,871st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sinnott?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sinnott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Sinnott?
    Joe Sinnott, American artist (1926-2020), followed by Edmund Ware Sinnott.
    Where is the surname Sinnott most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sinnott in the United States.
    Is the surname Sinnott getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,931 in 2010, down 1.4%.
    What are other spellings of Sinnott?
    Synnott, Synnot, Sinnot and Sinnote.