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    The surname Sacks

    A surname, carried by 4,577 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /sæks/ 1 syllable Soundex S200

    Sacks: #7,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sacks #7,281, 4,577 people Sacks: #7,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sacks #7,281, 4,577 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sacks is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,577 people named Sacks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,456 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,531.

    #7,281
    rank among US surnames
    4,577
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,839)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,274Botts4,58267,382
    #7,275Grajeda4,58067,412
    #7,279Pelkey4,57967,426
    #7,281Sacks4,57767,456
    #7,282Stedman4,57667,471
    #7,283Dickenson4,57567,485

    Who is named Sacks

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

    93% of people named Sacks identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sackss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Sacks
      American actor, born 1948

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sacks

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sacks?
    4,577 people in the United States had the surname Sacks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,456 Americans. It ranked 7,281st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sacks?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sacks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Sacks?
    Michael Sacks, American actor.
    Where is the surname Sacks most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sacks in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Sacks?
    Sacks is /sæks/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Sacks getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,577 in 2010, up 1.0%.