# Sabat (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sabat/  
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 | Catalan |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 621 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,099 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 497,175 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (594 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Sàbat, a surname given to someone born on a Saturday. * Borrowed from Polish Sabat. * Borrowed from French Sabat, a nickname for a noisy or rowdy person, from Middle French sabat (“noise, racket”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sabat 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) | 73% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 17% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 7.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sabat in the United States.

## People named Sabat

- Christopher Sabat, American voice actor

## Similar surnames

Sabado, Swift, Speed, Spaeth, Spade, Swoboda, Spada, Sepeda, Spady, Speth, Spath, Shibata.

## 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.