# Sabine (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,129 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,707 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 273,468 people |
| Change since 2000 | +30% (866 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sabine 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sabine in the United States, the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Sabine

- Edward Sabine, British Army general (1788-1883)
- Wallace Clement Sabine, American physicist (1868-1919)
- Joseph Sabine, British botanist and zoologist (1770-1837)
- George Holland Sabine, American philosopher (1880-1961)

## Similar surnames

Sabin, Sabino, Spain, Savino, Sapien, Savin, Spann, Spano, Spina, Schiavone, Spohn, Spoon.

## 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.