Explore the Family Name Sinagra

The meaning of Sinagra

Italian (Sicily): 1. habitational name from a place so called in the region of Messina. 2. possibly also from a personal name, ultimately from Greek Xenagoras, a derivative of xenos ‘strange’ + geras ‘honor’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Ciro, Angelo, Salvatore, Antonino, Gianfranco, Sal.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Sinagra in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Sinagra showed a slight decrease, moving from rank 45,651 in 2000 to 47,006 in 2010, reflecting a change of -2.97. However, the total count of individuals with the Sinagra surname saw a minor increase from 441 in 2000 to 452 in 2010, marking a 2.49 percent change. The proportion of individuals named Sinagra per 100,000 people decreased by 6.25 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,651	#47,006	-2.97%
Count	441	452	2.49%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.15	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sinagra

When it comes to the ethnicity of individuals with the surname Sinagra according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the overwhelming majority identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. However, there was a slight decrease in the proportion of those identifying as White, with the figure dropping from 97.96 percent in 2000 to 94.69 percent in 2010. The most notable change was the emergence of a small percentage identifying as Hispanic in 2010, which was not recorded in 2000. Other ethnic identities like Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either zero or suppressed for privacy in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.96%	94.69%	-3.34%
Hispanic	0%	3.76%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%