Explore the Family Name Sypher

The meaning of Sypher

Americanized form of German Seifer or of its variant Seiffer. Compare Cypher.

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

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Sypher saw a minor increase between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname improved from 42,604th in 2000 to 41,359th in 2010, representing a change of approximately 2.92 percent. In terms of the actual count of individuals with this surname, there was a more noticeable growth of around 9.81 percent, increasing from 479 individuals in 2000 to 526 in 2010. However, the proportion of the U.S. population having this surname per 100,000 remained steady at 0.18.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,604	#41,359	2.92%
Count	479	526	9.81%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.18	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sypher

In regards to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some shifts among those carrying the Sypher surname between 2000 and 2010. Although white individuals comprised the majority of those with the name (90.61 percent in 2000 and 87.26 percent in 2010), there was a slight decrease in their representation by about 3.70 percent. Interestingly, while the percentage of those identifying as Black decreased by 2.64 percent, the Hispanic segment increased by 43.15 percent during the same period. There was also a small emergence of Asian/Pacific Islander representation at 2.09 percent in 2010, compared to none in 2000. Those identifying with two or more races dropped from 1.04 percent in 2000 to zero by 2010, and no individual identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.61%	87.26%	-3.7%
Black	6.05%	5.89%	-2.64%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.09%	0%
Hispanic	1.46%	2.09%	43.15%
Two or More Races	1.04%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%