# Sachs (surname)

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

A surname from German [in turn originating as an ethnonym].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,248 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,866 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 42,597 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (7,165 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from Sachse (“Saxon”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sachs 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sachs in the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, South Africa and Argentina.

## People named Sachs

- Jeffrey Sachs, American economist (born 1954)
- Andrew Sachs, British actor (1930–2016)
- Ira Sachs, American filmmaker (born 1965)
- Robin Sachs, British actor (1951–2013)
- Eddie Sachs, American racing driver (1927-1964)
- Hanns Sachs, Austrian psychoanalyst (1881-1947)
- Leonard Sachs, British actor (1909–1990)
- Samuel Sachs, American businessman (1851-1935)
- Adriana Sachs, Argentinian association football player
- Tom Sachs, American artist (born 1966)
- Alexander Sachs, American banker (1893–1973)
- Bernard Sachs, American neurologist (1858–1944)

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Saechao, Sass, Sacks, Sack, Saks, Sais, Sosa, Souza, Skaggs, Shook, Sousa, Suggs.

## 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.