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The surname Saab

A surname, carried by 1,321 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S100

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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). Saab is more common than 87.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,321 people named Saab in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 997.

#20,183
rank among US surnames
1,321
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+32.5%
change since 2000 (was #23,698)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#20,183Cusano1,321233,721
#20,192Ruppe1,320233,898

Who is named Saab

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

82% of people named Saab identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 82%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10%
  • Two or more races 3.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saab

Saab has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

Questions

How common is the surname Saab?
1,321 people in the United States had the surname Saab in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. It ranked 20,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saab?
In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Saab identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Saab getting more or less common?
More common. 997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,321 in 2010, up 33%.