# Sadat (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sadat/  
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 Arabic

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 492 |
| US rank (2010) | 43,811 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 627,532 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (365 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic سَادَات (sādāt), plural of سَيِّد (sayyid, “master; Sayyid”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sadat 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) | 52% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 17% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 23% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sadat in Afghanistan and Germany.

## People named Sadat

- Roya Sadat, Afghan film producer and director
- Shahrbanoo Sadat, Afghan filmmaker
- Alka Sadat, Afghan filmmaker
- Nemat Sadat, Afghan-American novelist, journalist, and human rights activist
- Zallascht Sadat, Afghan model

## Similar surnames

Staudt, Stout, Steed, Stott, Stitt, Stith, Sudduth, Stead, Stoudt, Suddeth, Sidoti.

## 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.