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    The surname Sar

    A Khmer surname, carried by 1,091 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S600

    Sar: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sar #23,333, 1,091 people Sar: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sar #23,333, 1,091 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sar is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Khmer origin

    From Khmer ស (sɑɑ) or Khmer សរ (sɑɑ).

    One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,091 people named Sar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 877.

    #23,333
    rank among US surnames
    1,091
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.4%
    change since 2000 (was #26,215)

    Who is named Sar

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

    77% of people named Sar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 77%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Sar

    Sar has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

    Other Khmer surnames

    All 19 Khmer surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sar come from?
    From Khmer ស (sɑɑ) or Khmer សរ (sɑɑ).
    How common is the surname Sar?
    1,091 people in the United States had the surname Sar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. It ranked 23,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sar?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Sar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sar getting more or less common?
    More common. 877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,091 in 2010, up 24%.