# Sahagun (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sahagun/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,421 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,501 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 90,250 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (2,600 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Sahagún. Typically a Mexican and Filipino surname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sahagun in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 82% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 12% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Similar surnames

Sagan, Sisson, Saxon, Sison, Seguin, Session, Saxena, Scoggin, Scogin, Sekhon, Sachsen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.