Sydney is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sydney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sydney

How popular is Sydney?

Sydney is ranked 297052 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sydneies grew by 26.30691 per cent to 749 since 2000 and ranked 31001 after elevating 4796 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 44.99 48.9
Black 44.06 40.47
Hispanic or Latino 3.74 2.02
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.47 3.88
Others 3.07 4.72
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67 0
Sydney is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Tanzania. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Trinidad and Tobago. Around 1009 people have been found who wears Sydney as their family name. Sydney have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
1,970 Grenada1
174,544 Czech Republic1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,533 Zimbabwe32
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
35,452 Canada92
1,548 Guyana75
56,973 South Africa73
240,443 India52
Countries with hundreds of Sydney:
10,744 Tanzania438
880 Trinidad and Tobago238

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Sydney worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Wm. Rathbone and arrived on November 14, 1851. S. Sydney (26) Mechanic, are others that migrated to US.

Sydney Namesakes

    Basil Sydney, British actor who made more than fifty cinematographic performances
  • Walter Sydney Adams, Astronomer
  • Algernon Sydney Sullivan, Lawyer
  • Aurelius Sydney Furcron, Author
  • Sir Sydney Waterlow, 1st Baronet, Politician
  • Basil Sydney, Actor
  • Berenice Sydney, Artist
  • Robin Sydney, Actress
  • Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, British Politician
  • Berenice Sydney, Artist
  • Ronald Sydney Nyholm, Chemist

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