# Saez (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,745 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,758 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 82,442 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (3,087 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sáez, variant of Sainz, a surname of Basque origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Saez 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) | 8.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 87% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Saez in Spain and Argentina.

## People named Saez

- Patxi Saez Beloki, Basque sociolinguist
- Sebastián Sáez, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Saiz, Sage, Saxe, Sosa, Souza, Skaggs, Shook, Sousa, Suggs, Sisk, Sisco, Sachs.

## 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.