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    The surname Sager

    A surname, carried by 10,541 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S260

    Sager: #3,390 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sager #3,390, 10,541 people Sager: #3,390 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sager #3,390, 10,541 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sager is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,541 people named Sager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,290 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,285.

    #3,390
    rank among US surnames
    10,541
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,194)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,381Pullen10,56529,223
    #3,382Phelan10,56229,232
    #3,383Charlton10,55529,251
    #3,385Vail10,55429,254
    #3,386Schrock10,54929,268
    #3,387Iglesias10,54629,276
    #3,389Bayer10,54429,282

    Who is named Sager

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

    93% of people named Sager identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sagers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carole Bayer Sager
      American lyricist, singer and songwriter, born 1944
    • Craig Sager
      American sports reporter (1951-2016)
    • Ruth Sager
      American geneticist (1918-1997)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sager

    Sager 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 Sager?
    10,541 people in the United States had the surname Sager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,290 Americans. It ranked 3,390th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sager?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sager?
    Carole Bayer Sager, American lyricist, singer and songwriter, followed by Craig Sager.
    Where is the surname Sager most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sager in the United States.
    Is the surname Sager getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,541 in 2010, up 2.5%.