# Saint (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,897 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,442 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 162,755 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (1,897 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /seɪnt/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From saint.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Saint 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Saint in the United States.

## People named Saint

- Eva Marie Saint, American actress (1924–2026)
- Samantha Saint, American pornographic actress
- Olivia Saint, American pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Sand, Santo, Santa, Santee, Santi, Sant, Santoyo, Swint, Sawant, Smith, Schmidt, Schmitt.

## 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.