# Sykora (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Slovak |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,894 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,464 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 163,012 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (1,896 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Slovak and Czech Sýkora.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sykora 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sykora in Austria and the United States.

## People named Sykora

- Thomas Sykora, Austrian alpine skier (born 1968)
- Stacy Sykora, American former volleyball player
- Maria Sykora, Austrian athletics competitor
- Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete (1941-2006)

## Similar surnames

Sikora, Segura, Sager, Swisher, Sasser, Saucier, Seger, Seeger, Segarra, Swiger, Sequeira, Schweizer.

## 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.