Sides Family History

14-Day Free Trial

GET STARTED

Sides Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived on a slope, from Middle English side ‘slope’ (Old English side), or a habitational name from Syde in Gloucestershire, named with this word. This name is also established in Ireland.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Sales, Sires, Sidney, Vides, Sines, Sadek, Somes, Simes, Bies, Eide

Ready to discover your family story?

Simply start with yourself and we'll do the searching for you.

NEW

Sides Ethnicity Estimate

What are the common regions with the Sides name?

These results combine data from everyone in the AncestryDNA® database with the last name Sides. The Ancestry® ethnicity regions shown are top five most common on average for these people.

Explore the full experience here

  • England & Wales

    57%

  • Ireland & Scotland

    19%

  • Germanic Europe

    8%

  • Norway

    3%

  • France

    2%

Your own DNA-based ethnicity estimate will differ from what you see here. To get your personalized ethnicity estimate, order an AncestryDNA® kit.order an AncestryDNA® kit.

Order a DNA Kit Today

Sides Family Origin

Where is the Sides family from?

Mapbox
© Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map
You can see how Sides families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Sides family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Sides families were found in the USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 46 Sides families living in Yorkshire. This was about 16% of all the recorded Sides's in the UK. Yorkshire had the highest population of Sides families in 1891.
Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Sides surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.

View Census Data for Sides

Sides Family Occupations

What did your Sides ancestors do for a living?

In 1881, a less common occupation for the Sides family was Seamstress. The most common Sides occupation in the UK was Coal Miner. 15% of Sides's were Coal Miners. Coal Miner, Farmer and Labourer were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Sides.

View Census data for Sides | Data not to scale

  • Coal Miner

    15%

  • Farmer

    6%

  • Labourer

    4%

  • Seamstress

    4%

Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Sides ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestor's social and economic status.

Sides Historical Records

What Sides family records will you find?

Census Record

There are 30,000 census records available for the last name Sides. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Sides census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

Search 1891 UK census records for Sides

Passenger List

There are 1,000 immigration records available for the last name Sides. 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.

View all Sides immigration records

Draft Card

There are 10,000 military records available for the last name Sides. For the veterans among your Sides ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

View all Sides military records

You've only scratched the surface of Sides family history.

Discover More

Sides Life Expectancy

What is the average Sides lifespan?

Between 1942 and 2004, in the United States, Sides life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1952, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for Sides in 1942 was 33, and 73 in 2004.

View Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for Sides

An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Sides ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more.

Famous Sides Family Ancestors

Discover the unique achievements of ancestors in your family tree

Famous ancestors img
Look up another name