Show ContentsSickels History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Sickels is derived from the Old Dutch word for a sickle. This name was either a topographic name for someone who lived on a sickle shaped piece of land, or was an occupational name for a person who used a sickle.

Early Origins of the Sickels family

The surname Sickels was first found in Ghent, the Flemish Region of Belgium.

Early History of the Sickels family

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Sickels Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sickel, VanSickel, Sickle, Van Sickle, Van Sickele, Vansickle and many more.

Sickels Ranking

In the United States, the name Sickels is the 17,987th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Sickels migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sickels Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Zacharias Sickels, who landed in New Netherland(s) in 1655 2
  • Lambrecht Sickels, aged 14, who arrived in New York in 1679-1680 2
  • Zacharias, Sickels Jr., aged 16, who landed in New York in 1685-1686 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Sickels (post 1700) +

  • George H. Sickels, American politician, Presidential Elector for New York, 1872 3


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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