The surname Sy
A Spanish surname, carried by 4,457 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈsi/ 1 syllable Soundex S000
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Sy, from Hokkien 施 (Si). Doublet of See, Sze, Siy, and Shi.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,457 people named Sy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,272 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,787.
Who is named Sy
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
72% of people named Sy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 72%
- Black (not Hispanic) 19%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
- Two or more races 2.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Sy has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Sy come from?
- From Spanish Sy, from Hokkien 施 (Si). Doublet of See, Sze, Siy, and Shi.
- How common is the surname Sy?
- 4,457 people in the United States had the surname Sy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,272 Americans. It ranked 7,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sy?
- In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Sy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Sy?
- Sy is /ˈsi/, one syllable.
- Is the surname Sy getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,787 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,457 in 2010, up 60%.