Sienkiewicz Surname

32,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Sienkiewicz Surname Definition:

(Polish, Russian) The son of Sienko, a pet form of Szymon (gracious hearing).

Sienkiewicz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland13,1051:2,900278
United States2,3521:154,10715,796
England1661:335,65124,624
Israel1441:59,4287,587
Canada831:443,92338,562
Australia581:465,44335,949
Argentina431:994,03362,207
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
France341:1,953,609166,012
Sweden311:317,63722,171
Norway241:214,26224,079
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Uruguay91:381,30622,825
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

The alternate forms: Sieńkiewicz (31) are calculated separately.

Sienkiewicz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish, Russian) The son of Sienko, a pet form of Szymon (gracious hearing).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Sienkiewicz Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sienkiewicz Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sienkiewicz is found most frequently in Poland. It may be found in the variant forms: Sieńkiewicz. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sienkiewicz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 32,796th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 449,626 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Sienkiewicz reside; 81 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 81 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Poland, where it is borne by 13,105 people, or 1 in 2,900. Not including Poland this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Sienkiewicz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sienkiewicz last name are 0.040000000000006% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.27% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sienkiewicz earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 1.88% more than the national average, earning 352,570 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.33% more than the national average, earning $46,310 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.05% more than the national average, earning $52,687 CAD per year.

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