How common is the surname Saba?

3,712 people in the United States had the surname Saba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,175 Americans. It ranked 8,822nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Saba?

In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Saba identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Saba getting more or less common?

More common. 3,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,712 in 2010, up 21%.

Is Saba also a first name?

Yes. Saba 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 Saba

An Arabic surname, carried by 3,712 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S100 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). Saba is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic صبا (ṣabā).

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 3,712 people named Saba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,175 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,060.

#8,822

rank among US surnames

3,712

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+21.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,749)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,813	Romans	3,715	83,108
#8,814	Coblentz	3,714	83,130
#8,817	Lonergan	3,713	83,153
#8,822	Molitor	3,712	83,175
#8,828	Wolverton	3,711	83,197

Who is named Saba

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

76% of people named Saba identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saba

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

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Saba come from?: Borrowed from Arabic صبا (ṣabā).
How common is the surname Saba?: 3,712 people in the United States had the surname Saba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,175 Americans. It ranked 8,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saba?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Saba identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Saba getting more or less common?: More common. 3,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,712 in 2010, up 21%.
Is Saba also a first name?: Yes. Saba 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.