# Susskind (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/susskind/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 285 |
| US rank (2010) | 68,949 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,083,318 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (238 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Siskind |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Süsskind, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname composed of the elements süß (“sweet”) and Kind (“child”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Susskind in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 98% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Susskind in the United States.

## People named Susskind

- Leonard Susskind, American physicist
- Steve Susskind, American actor (1942-2005)

## Similar surnames

Segundo, Sakamoto, Schexnayder, Shoesmith.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.