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    The surname Sagar

    A surname, carried by 1,095 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S260

    Sagar: #23,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sagar #23,268, 1,095 people Sagar: #23,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sagar #23,268, 1,095 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sagar is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,095 people named Sagar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 871.

    #23,268
    rank among US surnames
    1,095
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.7%
    change since 2000 (was #26,361)

    Who is named Sagar

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

    48% of people named Sagar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 48%
    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sagar

    Sagar has the Soundex code S260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sagar?
    1,095 people in the United States had the surname Sagar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. It ranked 23,268th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sagar?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Sagar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sagar getting more or less common?
    More common. 871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,095 in 2010, up 26%.