How common is the surname Sangster?

2,702 people in the United States had the surname Sangster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,266 Americans. It ranked 11,612th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sangster?

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster, American poet, author, journalist, editor 1838-1912.

Where is the surname Sangster most common?

Wikidata records people named Sangster in the United States.

Is the surname Sangster getting more or less common?

More common. 2,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,702 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Sangster

An occupational surname, carried by 2,702 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sangster is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a singer.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,702 people named Sangster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,266 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,644.

#11,612

rank among US surnames

2,702

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,032)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,605	Taub	2,705	114,139
#11,608	Coll	2,704	114,181
#11,610	Arocho	2,703	114,223
#11,612	Sangster	2,702	114,266
#11,614	Huie	2,701	114,308
#11,620	Skiba	2,700	114,350

Who is named Sangster

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

54% of people named Sangster identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 54%
Black (not Hispanic) 34%
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.6%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sangsters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
American poet, author, journalist, editor 1838-1912

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Sangster

Seamster

Sangster has the Soundex code S523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S523.

Questions

How common is the surname Sangster?: 2,702 people in the United States had the surname Sangster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,266 Americans. It ranked 11,612th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sangster?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Sangster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sangster?: Margaret Elizabeth Sangster, American poet, author, journalist, editor 1838-1912.
Where is the surname Sangster most common?: Wikidata records people named Sangster in the United States.
What type of surname is Sangster?: Sangster is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sangster getting more or less common?: More common. 2,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,702 in 2010, up 2.2%.