Find out how popular the last name Siske is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Siske.

Siske, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Siske surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Siske in America

Siske is the 142108th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Siske surname appeared 117 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Siske.

We can also compare 2010 data for Siske to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Siske

The surname SISKE is believed to have originated in the Lusatian region of present-day eastern Germany and western Poland during the Middle Ages. It is thought to be derived from the Slavic word "siski," which means "pine tree" or "pine forest," suggesting that the name's earliest bearers may have lived near or worked in areas with significant pine tree coverage.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the SISKE surname can be found in the Bautzen Land Register of 1539, where a Hans Siske is listed as a landowner in the village of Schmochtitz, near the city of Bautzen in Saxony. This region was part of the historical territory known as Upper Lusatia, which was predominately inhabited by Slavic-speaking Sorbs during this time period.

In the 17th century, the SISKE surname appears in various church records and tax rolls from the Lusatian towns of Hochkirch, Löbau, and Bernstadt auf dem Eigen. Among these early bearers was Johann Siske, a weaver from Hochkirch who was born in 1612 and died in 1688.

As the centuries progressed, some members of the SISKE family migrated to other parts of Germany and neighboring countries. One notable example is Johann Gottfried Siske, a philosopher and educator born in Lauban, Silesia (now Lubań, Poland) in 1725. He served as a professor at the University of Leipzig and published several works on logic and metaphysics before his death in 1797.

Another influential figure with the SISKE surname was Carl Siske, a German military officer and tactician who lived from 1813 to 1892. He served in the Prussian Army during the Wars of German Unification and later authored several books on military strategy and tactics.

In more recent times, the name SISKE has also been found among families of Sorbian descent living in the Lusatian regions of Germany and Poland, as well as in various other parts of Europe and the Americas, likely due to emigration from the name's original homeland.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Siske

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Siske.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Siske was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Siske has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Siske was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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