Sinai (surname)

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Sinai is a surname. It is a Portuguese-style spelling of the Konkani surname Shenoy or Shenai. This spelling originated from Goa on the West Coast of India. [1] It is also an Arabic and Hebrew surname and masculine given name derived from Mount Sinai. [2] In the United States, the 2010 Census found 367 people with the surname Sinai, making it the 55,841st-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 277 people (66,676th-most common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, about eight-tenths of the bearers of this surname identified as white, one-tenth as Hispanic, and three percent as Asian. [3] The Sinai families in India belong to the Brahmin caste.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Saradesāya, Manohararāya (2000). A History of Konkani Literature from 1500 to 1992. Pune: Sahitya Akademi. p. 24. ISBN   8172016646 . Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol. 2. United States: Oxford University Press. p. 354. ISBN   0195081374 . Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 5 September 2018.