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    The surname Sisk

    A surname, carried by 12,365 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sisk is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,365 people named Sisk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,969 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,191.

    #2,901
    rank among US surnames
    12,365
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,709)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,892Armendariz12,42324,853
    #2,893Denson12,41924,861
    #2,894Mixon12,39424,911
    #2,895Geary12,38224,935
    #2,896Montiel12,37624,947
    #2,897Santamaria12,37524,949
    #2,898McAfee12,37124,957

    Who is named Sisk

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

    91% of people named Sisk identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sisks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mildred Gillars
      American Nazi propagandist (1900–1988)
    • Laura Wright
      American actress (born 1970)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Sisk

    Sisk has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sisk?
    12,365 people in the United States had the surname Sisk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,969 Americans. It ranked 2,901st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sisk?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sisk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sisk?
    Mildred Gillars, American Nazi propagandist (1900–1988), followed by Laura Wright.
    Where is the surname Sisk most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sisk in the United States.
    Is the surname Sisk getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,365 in 2010, up 1.4%.