How common is the surname Sailer?

2,520 people in the United States had the surname Sailer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. It ranked 12,339th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sailer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sailer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sailer?

Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine skier and actor (1935-2009), followed by Steve Sailer.

Where is the surname Sailer most common?

Wikidata records people named Sailer in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Sailer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,520 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Sailer

A surname, carried by 2,520 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sailer is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,520 people named Sailer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,284.

#12,339

rank among US surnames

2,520

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,466)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,333	Crochet	2,521	122,469
#12,339	Birge	2,520	122,518
#12,348	Timmins	2,519	122,567

Who is named Sailer

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

94% of people named Sailer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sailers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Toni Sailer
Austrian alpine skier and actor (1935-2009)
Steve Sailer
American far-right writer and blogger (1958-)

Notable Sailers come mostly from Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sailer

Sailer has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

Questions

How common is the surname Sailer?: 2,520 people in the United States had the surname Sailer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. It ranked 12,339th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sailer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sailer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sailer?: Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine skier and actor (1935-2009), followed by Steve Sailer.
Where is the surname Sailer most common?: Wikidata records people named Sailer in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Sailer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,520 in 2010, up 10%.