Sinks Surname

233,295th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,729 people bear this surname

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

Sinks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sinks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7101:211,96420,714
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
England31:18,572,686338,250
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2941:170,81215,404

Sinks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sinks is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sinks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sinks is the 233,295th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 4,214,891 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Sinks reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Sinks is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,710 people, or 1 in 211,964. In The United States Sinks is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 14 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Tennessee, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Sinks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sinks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sinks surname increased 582 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sinks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sinks last name are 14.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.99% being registered with the political party.

Sinks earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.09% less than the national average, earning $42,680 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shinks9180/
Singks911/
Scinks911/
Schinks830/
Shincks830/
Jinks806,611/
Sings80337/
Ginks8037/
Cinks805/
Senks803/
Sngks801/
Zinks801/
Shinkshe772/
Schinkse772/
Singse73530/
Jincks7398/
Shenks7328/
Singsø7317/
Singsh7316/
Jinkss738/
Shings734/
Ssings731/
Sinchs731/
Jingks731/
Jysnks731/
Suings730/
Zincks730/
Schings67417/
Schenks6766/
Sinx6750/
Singsås6719/
Jnks674/
Dzhinks674/
Cnks673/
Shencks670/
Sngs670/

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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
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  • 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 Sinks
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