How common is the surname Sirota?

1,245 people in the United States had the surname Sirota in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. It ranked 21,092nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sirota?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sirota identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sirota?

David Sirota, American blogger.

Where is the surname Sirota most common?

Wikidata records people named Sirota in the United States.

Is the surname Sirota getting more or less common?

More common. 1,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,245 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Sirota

A surname, carried by 1,245 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sirota is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

From Ukrainian сирота (syrota), Belarusian сірота (siróta), Russian сирота (sirota), Slovak sirota, or Old Polish sirota; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sirota (“orphan”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,245 people named Sirota in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,176.

#21,092

rank among US surnames

1,245

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #20,871)

Who is named Sirota

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

95% of people named Sirota identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sirotas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Sirota
American blogger, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sierota
Sirotta
Syrota

Surnames that sound like Sirota

Siordia

Sirota has the Soundex code S630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S630.

Questions

Where does the surname Sirota come from?: From Ukrainian сирота (syrota), Belarusian сірота (siróta), Russian сирота (sirota), Slovak sirota, or Old Polish sirota; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sirota (“orphan”).
How common is the surname Sirota?: 1,245 people in the United States had the surname Sirota in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. It ranked 21,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sirota?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sirota identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sirota?: David Sirota, American blogger.
Where is the surname Sirota most common?: Wikidata records people named Sirota in the United States.
Is the surname Sirota getting more or less common?: More common. 1,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,245 in 2010, up 5.9%.
What are other spellings of Sirota?: Sierota, Sirotta and Syrota.