Sykora Surname
Approximately 8,746 people bear this surname
Sykora Surname User-submission:
This is a Czech surname. It is derived from the Czech word sýkora, meaning 'tit' (a bird).
Sykora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,891 | 1:125,375 | 13,319 |
| Ukraine | 2,808 | 1:16,212 | 2,174 |
| Czechia | 1,065 | 1:9,984 | 1,329 |
| Austria | 563 | 1:15,125 | 2,244 |
| Germany | 511 | 1:157,545 | 18,785 |
| Slovakia | 212 | 1:25,172 | 4,230 |
| Canada | 194 | 1:189,926 | 18,713 |
| Argentina | 98 | 1:436,157 | 32,981 |
| Paraguay | 44 | 1:164,472 | 3,287 |
| Poland | 43 | 1:883,924 | 67,072 |
| Switzerland | 43 | 1:190,998 | 16,977 |
| Brazil | 38 | 1:5,633,535 | 140,199 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Netherlands | 30 | 1:562,906 | 50,501 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
The alternate forms: Sýkora (7,289) are calculated separately.
Sykora Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Czech surname. It is derived from the Czech word sýkora, meaning 'tit' (a bird).
- xyzal44This is the Americanized form of the Czech and Slovak surname Sýkora, meaning 'titmouse'.
- JunieThis surname comes from sykora, which means 'titmouse' (the bird species) in Czech.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsSykora Demographics
Average Sykora Salary in
United States
$46,422 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sykora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sykora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sykora is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Sýkora. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sykora.
How Common Is The Last Name Sykora? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sykora is the 57,871st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 833,243 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Sykora live; 47 percent live in Eastern Europe and 35 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 2,891 people, or 1 in 125,375. In The United States Sykora is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 18 percent reside, Minnesota, where 10 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States it is found in 37 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 32 percent reside and Czechia, where 12 percent reside.
Sykora Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sykora are 7.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.88% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sykora earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 62.84% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,204 per year; in South Africa they earn 26.96% more than the national average, earning R 301,716 per year; in United States they earn 7.59% more than the national average, earning $46,422 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.82% more than the national average, earning $54,067 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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