The Sikes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,280 people carried this name — #3,475 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 10,068 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

102 families named Sikes, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 537 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 40
Virginia 22
Massachusetts 13
Vermont 9
Connecticut 9
New York 5
Pennsylvania 2
New Hampshire 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 262 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Sikes in American newspapers,
1912–1913.

Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Sikes
The Birmingham Age-herald 1912-01-21
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Sikes
The Sun 1913-03-23
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Sikes
The Birmingham Age-herald 1912-11-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43,013 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sikes in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

827 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sikes. The most, 135, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 284
Victoria 189
South Australia 120
Queensland 115
Western Australia 72
Tasmania 41
ACT (Canberra) 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sikes.

Who carried it

People named Sikes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Reuben Sikes
    Reuben Sikes 1824–1901 · politician
  • Robert L. F. Sikes
    Robert L. F. Sikes 1906–1994 · politician
  • James F. Sikes d. 1938 · politician
  • Eva Sikes d. 1903
  • Walter Sikes 1897– · missionary
  • Pressly Spinks Sikes 1900– · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sikes,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States536 records

536 records of the Sikes name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 363
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 109
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 23
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles R. Sikes

    Born 1920 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Bliss El Paso; sales clerk from Howard County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Bobbie Earl Sikes

    Born 1947; from Extension, Louisiana. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Josef Sikes

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Rhein from Bremen, aged 36; farm laborer. From Russia. Born in Mrzwilkin, Russia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 536 records for Sikes in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands86 records

86 records of the Sikes name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 43
  • Dutch population registers 42
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Godfried Sikes

    Married in 1851 in Venray; born 1814 in Venray. Died 1874 in Venray, aged 60.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Anna Maria Gertrudis Sikes

    Born 1879 in Venray. Died 1932 in Eindhoven.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Anna M. Sikes

    In the population register of Maashees en Overloon; born 1899.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 86 records for Sikes in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia53 records

53 records of the Sikes name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 33
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 12
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Thomas Sikes

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Augusta Jessie, sailing from Portsmouth in 1834. Native of Brixworth, Northamptonshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robert Sikes

    Arrived in Victoria in 1885 aboard the Austral, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alfred Sikes

    Laborer of Melbne, Victoria; died 1897.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 53 records for Sikes in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Sikes name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Succy Sikes

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Grand Duchess of Russia, bound for St. Johns, aged 24.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ed Sikes

    Came to Ontario in 1879 aboard the Polynesian, landing at Quebec, bound for Gravenhurst, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Robert Gordon Sikes

    Died in service in 1919.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Sikes name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Edwige Sikes

    Born 1903 in Hériménil (Meurthe-et-Moselle); died 1975 in Sonnaz (Savoie).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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