Sykes

See also: sykes

English

Etymology

From Middle English sike (“marshy stream, gutter, ditch”).

Proper noun

Sykes (countable and uncountable, plural Sykeses)

1. A hamlet in Bowland Forest High parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6351).
2. A habitational surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sykes is the 1276^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 27546 individuals. Sykes is most common among White (54.03%) and Black/African American (40.82%) individuals.

Derived terms

• Sykes Fell
• Sykesville

 

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sykes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Skyes, kysse, skyes, yesks