Šikora

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Šikora is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country, where it is the 34th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sykora, from *sykati.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 882(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 59K
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 19Kas Сікора

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Šikora itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

43,397 people, 2026

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
153 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 882 (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ŠikoraLatin(measured from records)
СікораCyrillic(measured from records)
시코라Hangul(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sikora in PL Poland, US United States, CZ Czechia and 3 more and Сікора in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sykora, from *sykati.

Sources 5

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
  • Wiktionary
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Šikora counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Šikora is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland#3443,3971 in 88222KSikora146
CN China—≈27,000 est.≈1 in 52K—Sikora3
US United States—5,6041 in 59K5.6KSikora153
CZ Czechia#3852,5721 in 4.2K2.6KSikora74
UA Ukraine—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 19K—Сікора35
NO Norway—3381 in 16K338Sikora10
SK Slovakia—1901 in 29K190Sikora18

43,397 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; MVČR — living population register 2017; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Šikora is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian

    Also written Sikora, Сикора, Síkora

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Sikora

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Sikora, Síkora

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Šikora
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)199534—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—20#53,436

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Šikora mean, and where does it come from?
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sykora, from *sykati. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 3 other sources.
In which country does Šikora have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 43 thousand people named Šikora, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sikora.
Where is Šikora most common?
Šikora is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 882 people carrying it.
How common is the name Šikora?
In Poland, the national register counted 43,397 people named Šikora in 2026, about 1 in 882 residents.
How common is Šikora compared with other names?
In Poland, Šikora is the 34th most common surname of 240,840 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Šikora” — the 34th most common surname in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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