How Many People Have the Last Name Sinclair?
people had the surname Sinclair in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 10,823 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,229 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Sinclair (73%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 19.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Sinclair ranks #959. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 76.6% to 73%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Sinclair grew from 26,014 people in 2000 to 27,243 in 2010 (up 4.7%), and its rank fell from #1,239 to #1,290. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 9.64 to 9.24 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 26,014 | 27,243 |
| Rank | #1,239 | #1,290 |
| Per 100,000 people | 9.64 | 9.24 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sinclair
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sinclair: S524
👤 Sinclair as a First Name
Sinclair is a first name too: about 1,274 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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