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    The surname Siska

    A surname, carried by 725 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S200

    Siska: #31,824 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Siska #31,824, 725 people Siska: #31,824 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Siska #31,824, 725 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Siska is more common than 80.4% of them.

    Origin

    Multiple etymologies, including: # Czech Šiška, Slovak Šiška, Slovene Šiška, from Proto-Slavic *šišьka (“cone”) # Hungarian Siska, from dialectal Hungarian siska (“long-eared pig”) or from the Slavic surname Šiška, from Proto-Slavic *šišьka (“cone”) # Estonian Siska, unclear further etymology

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 725 people named Siska in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 425,856 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 829.

    #31,824
    rank among US surnames
    725
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -12.5%
    change since 2000 (was #27,386)

    Who is named Siska

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

    95% of people named Siska identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Siska

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Siska come from?
    Multiple etymologies, including: # Czech Šiška, Slovak Šiška, Slovene Šiška, from Proto-Slavic *šišьka (“cone”) # Hungarian Siska, from dialectal Hungarian siska (“long-eared pig”) or from the Slavic surname Šiška, from Proto-Slavic *šišьka (“cone”) # Estonian Siska, unclear further etymology
    How common is the surname Siska?
    725 people in the United States had the surname Siska in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 425,856 Americans. It ranked 31,824th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Siska?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Siska identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Siska getting more or less common?
    Less common. 829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 725 in 2010, down 13%.