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    The surname Sá

    A surname, carried by 1,600 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sá is more common than 89.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,600 people named Sá in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,187.

    #17,572
    rank among US surnames
    1,600
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,711)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,565Herdman1,601192,845
    #17,572Highley1,600192,966

    Who is named Sá

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    45% of people named Sá identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 38%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sás

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • André Sá
      Brazilian tennis player, born 1977
    • Francisco Sá
      Argentine footballer, born 1945
    • Roberta Sá
      Brazilian singer, born 1980
    • Wanda Sá
      Brazilian singer, born 1944

    Notable Sás come mostly from Brazil (3) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sá

    Sá has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sá?
    1,600 people in the United States had the surname Sá in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. It ranked 17,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sá?
    In the 2010 Census, 45% of people named Sá identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Sá?
    André Sá, Brazilian tennis player, followed by Francisco Sá.
    Where is the surname Sá most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sá in Brazil and Argentina.
    Is the surname Sá getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,187 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,600 in 2010, up 35%.