# Saavedra (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/saavedra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,834 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,910 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,393 people |
| Change since 2000 | +41% (13,358 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Savedra |

## Etymology

From Spanish, of Galician origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Saavedra in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Saavedra in Bolivia and Argentina.

## People named Saavedra

- Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician (1878-1959)
- Erwin Saavedra, Bolivian footballer
- Humberto Saavedra, Bolivian footballer

## Similar surnames

Savedra, Spadaro, Spataro.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.