The Sy surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,787 people carried this name — #10,566 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 699 people named Sy.
Most of them — 449 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 329 people named Sy 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
111 people named Sy live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Sy in American newspapers,
1894–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,548,282 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henry Sy 1924–2019 · businessperson -
Seydou Madani Sy 1933–2026 · politician -
Teresita Sy-Coson 1950– · businessperson -
Oumou Sy 1952– · entrepreneur -
El Hadj Sy 1954– · exhibition curator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 77 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sy.
- Suzan 102 · U.S. census
- Svoboda 5,555 · U.S. census
- Swiatek 1,259 · U.S. census
- Swider 1,399 · U.S. census
- Swiderski 1,892 · U.S. census
- Switala 444 · U.S. census
- Sydor 326 · U.S. census
- Sylla 709 · U.S. census
- Sylva 1,841 · U.S. census
- Sylvain 1,707 · U.S. census
- Sylvestre 1,195 · U.S. census
- Syre 145 · U.S. census
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