How common is the surname Saez?

3,745 people in the United States had the surname Saez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,442 Americans. It ranked 8,758th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Saez?

Patxi Saez Beloki, Basque sociolinguist, followed by Sebastián Sáez.

Where is the surname Saez most common?

Wikidata records people named Saez in Spain and Argentina.

Is the surname Saez getting more or less common?

More common. 3,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,745 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Saez

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,745 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). Saez is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,745 people named Saez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,442 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,087.

#8,758

rank among US surnames

3,745

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+21.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,661)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,749	Boutin	3,749	82,354
#8,753	Westerfield	3,748	82,376
#8,756	Karcher	3,746	82,420
#8,758	Avitia	3,745	82,442
#8,761	Files	3,744	82,464
#8,763	Henn	3,743	82,486
#8,765	Sullins	3,741	82,530

Who is named Saez

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

87% of people named Saez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
White (not Hispanic) 8.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Saezs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patxi Saez Beloki
Basque sociolinguist, born 1964
Sebastián Sáez
Argentine footballer, born 1985

Notable Saezs come mostly from Spain (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saez

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Saez come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Sáez, variant of Sainz, a surname of Basque origin.
How common is the surname Saez?: 3,745 people in the United States had the surname Saez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,442 Americans. It ranked 8,758th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saez?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Saez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Saez?: Patxi Saez Beloki, Basque sociolinguist, followed by Sebastián Sáez.
Where is the surname Saez most common?: Wikidata records people named Saez in Spain and Argentina.
Is the surname Saez getting more or less common?: More common. 3,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,745 in 2010, up 21%.