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    The surname Sage

    A place surname, carried by 11,207 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S200 Also a first name

    Sage: #3,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sage #3,222, 11,207 people Sage: #3,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sage #3,222, 11,207 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sage is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage. * As an Irish surname, variant of Savage. * As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege (“sedge”) (see sedge).

    Sage is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,207 people named Sage in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,549 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,691.

    #3,222
    rank among US surnames
    11,207
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #3,109)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,218Newsom11,21827,522
    #3,219Shipp11,21727,525
    #3,220Dao11,21127,540
    #3,222Sage11,20727,549

    Who is named Sage

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

    89% of people named Sage identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sages

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Halston Sage
      American actress, born 1993
    • Bill Sage
      American actor, born 1962
    • Kay Sage
      American Surrealist artist and poet (1898–1963)
    • Angie Sage
      British author, born 1952
    • Russell Sage
      American financier and congressman for New York (1816–1906)
    • Greg Sage
      American musician, born 1952

    Notable Sages come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sage

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sage come from?
    * As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage. * As an Irish surname, variant of Savage. * As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege…
    How common is the surname Sage?
    11,207 people in the United States had the surname Sage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,549 Americans. It ranked 3,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sage?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Sage identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Who is the most famous person named Sage?
    Halston Sage, American actress, followed by Bill Sage.
    Where is the surname Sage most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sage in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Sage?
    Sage is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Sage getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,207 in 2010, up 4.8%.
    Is Sage also a first name?
    Yes. Sage is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.