How common is the surname Sablan?

1,708 people in the United States had the surname Sablan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,764 Americans. It ranked 16,743rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sablan?

Fred Sablan, American musician.

Where is the surname Sablan most common?

Wikidata records people named Sablan in the United States.

Is the surname Sablan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,708 in 2010, up 45%.

The surname Sablan

A surname, carried by 1,708 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sablan is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from Chamorro Sablan.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,708 people named Sablan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,764 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,178.

#16,743

rank among US surnames

1,708

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+45%

change since 2000 (was #20,831)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,734	Forbush	1,709	180,659
#16,743	Petti	1,708	180,764
#16,748	Bruss	1,707	180,870

Who is named Sablan

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

60% of people named Sablan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 18% as two or more races and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 60%
Two or more races 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
White (not Hispanic) 10%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Sablans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fred Sablan
American musician, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Sablan

Sabillon

Sablan has the Soundex code S145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S145.

Questions

Where does the surname Sablan come from?: Borrowed from Chamorro Sablan.
How common is the surname Sablan?: 1,708 people in the United States had the surname Sablan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,764 Americans. It ranked 16,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sablan?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Sablan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 18% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Sablan?: Fred Sablan, American musician.
Where is the surname Sablan most common?: Wikidata records people named Sablan in the United States.
Is the surname Sablan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,708 in 2010, up 45%.