How common is the surname Saha?

2,660 people in the United States had the surname Saha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,070 Americans. It ranked 11,781st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Saha?

Meghnad Saha, Bengali astrophysicist (1893–1956), followed by Senjuti Saha.

Where is the surname Saha most common?

Wikidata records people named Saha in Dominion of India and Bangladesh.

Is the surname Saha getting more or less common?

More common. 1,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,660 in 2010, up 90%.

The surname Saha

A Bengali surname, carried by 2,660 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saha is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Bengali origin

Transliteration of Bengali সাহা (śaha).

One of 21 Bengali surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,660 people named Saha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,070 Americans. That is up 90% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,400.

#11,781

rank among US surnames

2,660

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+90%

change since 2000 (was #18,278)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,778	Crimmins	2,661	116,026
#11,781	Saha	2,660	116,070
#11,783	Robeson	2,659	116,113
#11,789	Sweigart	2,658	116,157

Who is named Saha

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

88% of people named Saha identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

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

Famous Sahas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Meghnad Saha
Bengali astrophysicist (1893–1956)
Senjuti Saha
Bangladeshi microbiologist, researcher, ORCID id # 0000-0001-6087-6766

Notable Sahas come mostly from Dominion of India (1) and Bangladesh (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saha

Saha has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

Other Bengali surnames

All 21 Bengali surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Saha come from?: Transliteration of Bengali সাহা (śaha).
How common is the surname Saha?: 2,660 people in the United States had the surname Saha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,070 Americans. It ranked 11,781st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saha?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Saha identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Saha?: Meghnad Saha, Bengali astrophysicist (1893–1956), followed by Senjuti Saha.
Where is the surname Saha most common?: Wikidata records people named Saha in Dominion of India and Bangladesh.
Is the surname Saha getting more or less common?: More common. 1,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,660 in 2010, up 90%.