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Sugar Family History

Sugar Surname Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English sugre suker ‘sugar’ (Old French sucre Anglo-Norman French soucre sugre) used for a sweet-natured person or perhaps for a confectioner or dealer in sugar in which case Sugar might be a shortened form of Sugarer.

English: possibly from the ancient Germanic personal name Sudgar Suger (perhaps for swi(n)th- ‘strong’ + gēr ‘spear’ but this is uncertain) although there is no evidence of its use as a personal name in medieval Normandy or in Anglo-Norman England.

English: variant of Shocker a nickname from Middle English shokere Old English sceācere ‘robber’. Hungarian (Sugár): nickname for a well-built person from sugár ‘tall slim’.

Czech and Slovak (Šugar Šugár): probably a nickname of Hungarian origin (see above). Croatian (Šugar): nickname from a Croatized form of Romanian sugare ‘lamb born behind its time’ used among Wallachian shepherds.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Zucker and possibly also of other surnames meaning ‘sugar’: Hungarian Czukor Croatian Cukor (both from Hungarian cukor a loanword from German).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Sugar families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Sugar family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Sugar families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 25 Sugar families living in Yorkshire. This was about 17% of all the recorded Sugar's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Sugar families in 1891.
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What did your Sugar ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Hairdresser and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Sugar. 17% of Sugar men worked as a Hairdresser and 84% of Sugar women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Sugar were Tailor and Dressmaker.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Hairdresser
    17%
  • Tailor Machiner
    17%
  • Wood Carver shaper
    17%
  • Tailor
    17%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    84%
  • Unpaid House Wife
    5%
  • Hairdresser
    3%
  • Dressmaker
    3%

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Passenger Lists

There are 2,000 immigration records available for the last name Sugar. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Draft Cards

There are 8,000 military records available for the last name Sugar. For the veterans among your Sugar ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Sugar lifespan?

Between 1953 and 2004, in the United States, Sugar life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1967, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for Sugar in 1953 was 57, and 76 in 2004.

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