How common is the surname Sachs?

7,248 people in the United States had the surname Sachs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,597 Americans. It ranked 4,866th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sachs?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sachs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sachs?

Jeffrey Sachs, American economist (born 1954), followed by Andrew Sachs.

Where is the surname Sachs most common?

Wikidata records people named Sachs in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Sachs getting more or less common?

More common. 7,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,248 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Sachs

A German surname, carried by 7,248 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sachs is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,248 people named Sachs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,597 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,165.

#4,866

rank among US surnames

7,248

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,545)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,860	Frankel	7,253	42,568
#4,862	Deltoro	7,251	42,580
#4,865	Falls	7,250	42,586
#4,866	Sachs	7,248	42,597

Who is named Sachs

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

94% of people named Sachs identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sachss

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1993
Tom Sachs
American artist (born 1966)
Alexander Sachs
American banker (1893–1973)
Bernard Sachs
American neurologist (1858–1944)

Notable Sachss come mostly from the United States (9), the United Kingdom (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sachs

Sachs has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sachs come from?: From the German surname, from Sachse (“Saxon”).
How common is the surname Sachs?: 7,248 people in the United States had the surname Sachs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,597 Americans. It ranked 4,866th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sachs?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sachs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sachs?: Jeffrey Sachs, American economist (born 1954), followed by Andrew Sachs.
Where is the surname Sachs most common?: Wikidata records people named Sachs in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Sachs getting more or less common?: More common. 7,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,248 in 2010, up 1.2%.