How common is the surname Sable?

1,225 people in the United States had the surname Sable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,037 Americans. It ranked 21,371st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sable?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sable identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sable getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,225 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Sable

A surname, carried by 1,225 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sable is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,225 people named Sable in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,037 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,430.

#21,371

rank among US surnames

1,225

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-14.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,996)

Who is named Sable

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

91% of people named Sable identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sable

Sable has the Soundex code S140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S140.

Questions

How common is the surname Sable?: 1,225 people in the United States had the surname Sable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,037 Americans. It ranked 21,371st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sable?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sable identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sable getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,225 in 2010, down 14%.