How common is the surname Sartain?

3,031 people in the United States had the surname Sartain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,863 Americans. It ranked 10,577th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sartain?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sartain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sartain?

Gailard Sartain, American actor (1943–2025), followed by Emily Sartain.

Where is the surname Sartain most common?

Wikidata records people named Sartain in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Sartain getting more or less common?

More common. 3,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,031 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Sartain

A surname, carried by 3,031 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sartain is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,031 people named Sartain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,863 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,024.

#10,577

rank among US surnames

3,031

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,859)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,572	Larocque	3,032	101,829
#10,577	Hartzog	3,031	101,863
#10,582	Hanshaw	3,030	101,896
#10,584	Vidrine	3,029	101,930

Who is named Sartain

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

92% of people named Sartain identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sartains

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gailard Sartain
American actor (1943–2025)
Emily Sartain
American engraver and educator (1841-1927)
John Sartain
American engraver and publisher (1808–1897)

Notable Sartains come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sartain

Sartain has the Soundex code S635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S635.

Questions

How common is the surname Sartain?: 3,031 people in the United States had the surname Sartain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,863 Americans. It ranked 10,577th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sartain?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sartain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sartain?: Gailard Sartain, American actor (1943–2025), followed by Emily Sartain.
Where is the surname Sartain most common?: Wikidata records people named Sartain in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Sartain getting more or less common?: More common. 3,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,031 in 2010, up 0.2%.