How common is the surname Sanger?

3,732 people in the United States had the surname Sanger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,729 Americans. It ranked 8,787th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sanger?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sanger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sanger?

Larry Sanger, American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other proje, followed by Frederick Sanger.

Where is the surname Sanger most common?

Wikidata records people named Sanger in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Austria and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Sanger?

Sanger is /ˈsæŋə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Sanger getting more or less common?

More common. 3,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,732 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Sanger

An English occupational surname, carried by 3,732 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsæŋə/ 2 syllables Soundex S526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sanger is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

An occupational surname from Middle English, from Old English sangere (“singer”).

Sanger is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,732 people named Sanger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,729 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,572.

#8,787

rank among US surnames

3,732

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,497)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,780	Wille	3,734	82,685
#8,784	Lorenzen	3,733	82,707
#8,787	Nyberg	3,732	82,729
#8,789	Florian	3,731	82,751
#8,791	Geraci	3,729	82,796
#8,793	Crotty	3,726	82,862

Who is named Sanger

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

91% of people named Sanger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sangers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Larry Sanger
American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other proje, born 1968
Frederick Sanger
British biochemist (1918–2013)
Margaret Sanger
American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966)
Eugen Sänger
Austrian aerospace engineer (1905-1964)
Ruth Sanger
Australian haematologist (1918–2001)
David E. Sanger
American reporter, born 1960

Notable Sangers come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sanker

Surnames that sound like Sanger

Sanger has the Soundex code S526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S526.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sanger come from?: An occupational surname from Middle English, from Old English sangere (“singer”).
How common is the surname Sanger?: 3,732 people in the United States had the surname Sanger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,729 Americans. It ranked 8,787th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sanger?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sanger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sanger?: Larry Sanger, American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other proje, followed by Frederick Sanger.
Where is the surname Sanger most common?: Wikidata records people named Sanger in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Austria and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Sanger?: Sanger is /ˈsæŋə/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Sanger?: Sanger is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sanger getting more or less common?: More common. 3,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,732 in 2010, up 4.5%.
What are other spellings of Sanger?: Sanker.