The Sinclair surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 26,014 people carried this name — #1,239 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Sinclair.
Most of them — 31 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Paris.
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 print
Sinclair in American newspapers,
1906–1940.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 417,025 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sinclair,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sir John Gordon Sinclair, 8th Baronet 1790–1863 · naval officer -
Sir George Sinclair, 2nd Baronet 1790–1868 · politician -
Elizabeth Sinclair 1800–1892 · farmer -
Thomas S. Sinclair 1805–1881 · lithographer -
Catherine Norton Sinclair 1817–1891 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 298 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sinclair.
- Sin 3,335 · U.S. census
- Sinan 112 · U.S. census
- Sinanian 208 · U.S. census
- Sinapi 170 · U.S. census
- Sinard 217 · U.S. census
- Sincere 224 · U.S. census
- Sindt 605 · U.S. census
- Sine 2,161 · U.S. census
- Singer 25,599 · U.S. census
- Singh 72,642 · U.S. census
- Singla 250 · U.S. census
- Singler 769 · U.S. census
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