The Sinan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 136 people carried this name — #126,018 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 21% from 112 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Sinan.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Mayenne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
41 people named Sinan live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Sinan live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Sinan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thābit ben Sinan d. 975 · historian
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Cahit Sinan 1938– · association football player
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Pınar Sinan 1978– · screenwriter
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Ceyda Sinan 1984– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sinan.
- Simons 25,755 · U.S. census
- Simony 106 · U.S. census
- Simplot 205 · U.S. census
- Simpson 163,181 · U.S. census
- Simula 146 · U.S. census
- Sin 3,725 · U.S. census
- Sinanian 227 · U.S. census
- Sinapi 149 · U.S. census
- Sinard 189 · U.S. census
- Sincere 309 · U.S. census
- Sinclair 27,243 · U.S. census
- Sindt 659 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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