How common is the surname Saito?

4,367 people in the United States had the surname Saito in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,700 Americans. It ranked 7,613th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Saito?

Saitō Yoshitatsu, 16-century Japanese daimyo during the Senkoku period, followed by James Saito.

Where is the surname Saito most common?

Wikidata records people named Saito in Japan, the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Saito getting more or less common?

More common. 4,243 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,367 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Saito

A Japanese surname, carried by 4,367 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saito is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 斎藤 (Saitō).

One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,367 people named Saito in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,700 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,243.

#7,613

rank among US surnames

4,367

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,249)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,607	Go	4,370	70,651
#7,609	Minnich	4,369	70,667
#7,612	Urbano	4,368	70,684
#7,613	Saito	4,367	70,700
#7,614	Kasten	4,366	70,716
#7,616	Malin	4,365	70,732

Who is named Saito

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

66% of people named Saito identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 66%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17%
White (not Hispanic) 8.7%
Two or more races 7.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Saitos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Saitō Yoshitatsu
16-century Japanese daimyo during the Senkoku period, 1527–1561
James Saito
American actor, born 1955
Juniti Saito
Brazilian air force general, born 1942

Notable Saitos come mostly from Japan (1), the United States (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saito

Saito has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Saito come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 斎藤 (Saitō).
How common is the surname Saito?: 4,367 people in the United States had the surname Saito in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,700 Americans. It ranked 7,613th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saito?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Saito identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Saito?: Saitō Yoshitatsu, 16-century Japanese daimyo during the Senkoku period, followed by James Saito.
Where is the surname Saito most common?: Wikidata records people named Saito in Japan, the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Saito getting more or less common?: More common. 4,243 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,367 in 2010, up 2.9%.