Sinclar Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Sinclar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sinclar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:13,424,405494,117
England201:2,785,90397,972
France181:3,690,151224,666
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland291:152,7548,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1061:35,3132,826
England341:716,92333,560
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States921:545,85537,602

Sinclar (15) may also be a first name.

Sinclar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sinclar is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sinclar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,817,111th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Sinclar reside; 29 percent reside in North America and 29 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sinclar is also the 2,900,335th most widespread given name globally. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name Sinclar is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 13,424,405. In The United States Sinclar is most frequent in: New York, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and Connecticut, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent live and France, where 17 percent live.

Sinclar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sinclar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sinclar surname declined 71 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 41 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 99 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sinclar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (48%) in Ireland.

Sinclar earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.06% less than the national average, earning $28,452 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sinclar
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