How common is the surname Saad?

5,461 people in the United States had the surname Saad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,536 Americans. It ranked 6,253rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Saad?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Saad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Saad getting more or less common?

More common. 4,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,461 in 2010, up 30%.

Is Saad also a first name?

Yes. Saad is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Saad

An Arabic surname, carried by 5,461 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S300 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saad is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

From Arabic سَعْد (saʕd).

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,461 people named Saad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,536 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,194.

#6,253

rank among US surnames

5,461

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+30.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,318)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,248	Halloran	5,465	56,495
#6,250	Furtado	5,464	56,505
#6,252	Schauer	5,463	56,516
#6,253	Saad	5,461	56,536

Who is named Saad

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

83% of people named Saad identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.6%
Two or more races 4.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sa'd

Surnames that sound like Saad

Saad has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Saad come from?: From Arabic سَعْد (saʕd).
How common is the surname Saad?: 5,461 people in the United States had the surname Saad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,536 Americans. It ranked 6,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saad?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Saad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Saad getting more or less common?: More common. 4,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,461 in 2010, up 30%.
What are other spellings of Saad?: Sa'd.
Is Saad also a first name?: Yes. Saad is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.