How common is the surname Saar?

1,219 people in the United States had the surname Saar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. It ranked 21,439th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Saar?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Saar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Saar?

Betye Saar, African American sculptor (1926-2026), followed by Alison Saar.

Where is the surname Saar most common?

Wikidata records people named Saar in the United States and Haiti.

Is the surname Saar getting more or less common?

More common. 1,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,219 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Saar

A surname, carried by 1,219 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saar is more common than 86.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,219 people named Saar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,208.

#21,439

rank among US surnames

1,219

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #20,436)

Who is named Saar

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

93% of people named Saar identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Saars

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Betye Saar
African American sculptor (1926-2026)
Alison Saar
African American artist (born 1956)

Notable Saars come mostly from the United States (1) and Haiti (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saar

Saar has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

How common is the surname Saar?: 1,219 people in the United States had the surname Saar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. It ranked 21,439th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saar?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Saar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Saar?: Betye Saar, African American sculptor (1926-2026), followed by Alison Saar.
Where is the surname Saar most common?: Wikidata records people named Saar in the United States and Haiti.
Is the surname Saar getting more or less common?: More common. 1,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,219 in 2010, up 0.9%.