How common is the surname Saari?

2,808 people in the United States had the surname Saari in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. It ranked 11,257th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Saari?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Saari identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Saari?

Roy Saari, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, water polo player, la, followed by Donald G. Saari.

Where is the surname Saari most common?

Wikidata records people named Saari in the United States.

Is the surname Saari getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,808 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Saari

A surname, carried by 2,808 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saari is more common than 93.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,808 people named Saari in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,865.

#11,257

rank among US surnames

2,808

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #10,307)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,248	Hemenway	2,811	109,835
#11,250	Stucker	2,810	109,874
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952
#11,264	Buskirk	2,807	109,991

Who is named Saari

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

95% of people named Saari identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Saaris

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roy Saari
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, water polo player, la, 1945–2008
Donald G. Saari
American mathematician, expert on voting methods and the n-body problem (b.1940)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saari

Saari 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 Saari?: 2,808 people in the United States had the surname Saari in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. It ranked 11,257th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saari?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Saari identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Saari?: Roy Saari, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, water polo player, la, followed by Donald G. Saari.
Where is the surname Saari most common?: Wikidata records people named Saari in the United States.
Is the surname Saari getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,808 in 2010, down 2.0%.