Sinkler Surname

210,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,962 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Sinkler Surname Definition:

As vile a corruption of Sinclair, as Sinclair is of Saint Clair. Two London pork-butchers in 1852 bore the name.

Sinkler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7181:210,97720,623
Romania1131:177,68018,230
Russia471:3,066,448164,949
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
England181:3,095,448105,421
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Guam11:160,1214,893
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2281:220,25718,738

Sinkler (57) may also be a first name.

Sinkler Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

As vile a corruption of Sinclair, as Sinclair is of Saint Clair. Two London pork-butchers in 1852 bore the name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Sinkler Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sinkler (Russian: Синклер) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sinkler? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 210,379th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,714,346 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Sinkler reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,308,380th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 57 people.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1,718 people, or 1 in 210,977. In The United States it is mostly found in: South Carolina, where 17 percent reside, Michigan, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 6 percent reside and Russia, where 2 percent reside.

Sinkler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sinkler has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sinkler last name grew 754 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sinkler Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Sinkler last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sinkler surname are 9.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.1% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sinkler earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.3% less than the national average, earning $39,997 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.92% less than the national average, earning $47,734 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sinkler Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sinkler in the Russian language
Синклерsinkler-

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