How common is the surname Saia?

1,077 people in the United States had the surname Saia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. It ranked 23,576th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Saia?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Saia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Saia getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,077 in 2010, down 31%.

The surname Saia

An Italian surname, carried by 1,077 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). Saia is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Saia.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,077 people named Saia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. That is down 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,554.

#23,576

rank among US surnames

1,077

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-30.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,899)

Who is named Saia

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

92% of people named Saia identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saia

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Saia come from?: Borrowed from Italian Saia.
How common is the surname Saia?: 1,077 people in the United States had the surname Saia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. It ranked 23,576th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saia?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Saia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Saia getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,077 in 2010, down 31%.