How common is the surname Saint?

1,897 people in the United States had the surname Saint in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,755 Americans. It ranked 15,442nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Saint?

Eva Marie Saint, American actress (1924–2026), followed by Samantha Saint.

Where is the surname Saint most common?

Wikidata records people named Saint in the United States.

How do you pronounce Saint?

Saint is /seɪnt/, one syllable.

Is the surname Saint getting more or less common?

About as common. 1,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,897 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Saint

A surname, carried by 1,897 people in the United States.

Pronounced /seɪnt/ 1 syllable Soundex S530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saint is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

From saint.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,897 people named Saint in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,755 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,897.

#15,442

rank among US surnames

1,897

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #14,438)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,434	Mantilla	1,898	162,669
#15,442	Mealey	1,897	162,755
#15,449	Ivester	1,896	162,840

Who is named Saint

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

82% of people named Saint identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Saints

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eva Marie Saint
American actress (1924–2026)
Samantha Saint
American pornographic actress, born 1987
Olivia Saint
American pornographic actress, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saint

Saint has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

Questions

Where does the surname Saint come from?: From saint.
How common is the surname Saint?: 1,897 people in the United States had the surname Saint in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,755 Americans. It ranked 15,442nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saint?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Saint identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Saint?: Eva Marie Saint, American actress (1924–2026), followed by Samantha Saint.
Where is the surname Saint most common?: Wikidata records people named Saint in the United States.
How do you pronounce Saint?: Saint is /seɪnt/, one syllable.
Is the surname Saint getting more or less common?: About as common. 1,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,897 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.