The surname Syracuse
An Italian place surname, carried by 580 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈsaɪɹəkjuːz/ 3 syllables Soundex S622
Origin
Italian origin
Borrowed from French Syracuse, from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai) attested from 8th century BC, from a Pre-Greek name, possibly Phoenician 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇 (šhrʾḥ, “to feel ill”) in reference to the ancient port's proximity to a swamp. With modified form of suffix -εις (-eis). As a surname, an anglicized form of Italian Siracusa. Doublet of Siragusa. Compare Sicilian Saragusa.
Syracuse is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 580 people named Syracuse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 532,320 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 564.
Who is named Syracuse
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Syracuse identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Syracuse
Syracuse has the Soundex code S622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S622.
Other Italian surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Syracuse come from?
- Borrowed from French Syracuse, from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai) attested from 8th century BC, from a Pre-Greek name, possibly Phoenician 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇 (šhrʾḥ, “to feel ill”) in reference to the ancient port's proximity to a swamp. With modified form of suffix -εις…
- How common is the surname Syracuse?
- 580 people in the United States had the surname Syracuse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 532,320 Americans. It ranked 38,214th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Syracuse?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Syracuse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- How do you pronounce Syracuse?
- Syracuse is /ˈsaɪɹəkjuːz/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Syracuse?
- Syracuse is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Syracuse getting more or less common?
- More common. 564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 580 in 2010, up 2.8%.