How Common Is the Last Name Sykes?

Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Sykes today

30,500

Ranked #1,276 of 162,254 published surnames · 9.34 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 27,546 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.

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Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census

White

54.03%

Black

40.82%

Asian / Pacific Islander

0.4%

Hispanic

1.99%

Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.