How common is the surname Sasse?

1,772 people in the United States had the surname Sasse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sasse?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sasse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sasse?

Ben Sasse, American politician and college president (born 1972), followed by Marie Sasse.

Where is the surname Sasse most common?

Wikidata records people named Sasse in the United States, Belgium and Brazil.

Is the surname Sasse getting more or less common?

More common. 1,682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Sasse

A German surname, carried by 1,772 people in the United States.

Pronounced /sæs/ 1 syllable Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sasse is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a Dutch and North/Low German surname, from Middle Low German sasse (“Saxon”) (modern Sasse), from Old Saxon Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō. * As a French surname, from the ancient Germanic name Sahso, shortened pet form of compound names containing the element sahs (“Saxon”), itself from the root of the above.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,772 people named Sasse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,682.

#16,273

rank among US surnames

1,772

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,880)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,265	Rake	1,773	174,137
#16,273	Layden	1,772	174,236

Who is named Sasse

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

92% of people named Sasse identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sasses

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ben Sasse
American politician and college president (born 1972)
Marie Sasse
Belgian operatic soprano (1834–1907)
Yan Sasse
Brazilian association football player, born 1997

Notable Sasses come mostly from the United States (1), Belgium (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sasse

Sasse has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sasse come from?: * As a Dutch and North/Low German surname, from Middle Low German sasse (“Saxon”) (modern Sasse), from Old Saxon Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō. * As a French surname, from the ancient Germanic name Sahso, shortened pet form of compound names containing the element sahs (“Saxon”), itself…
How common is the surname Sasse?: 1,772 people in the United States had the surname Sasse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sasse?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sasse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sasse?: Ben Sasse, American politician and college president (born 1972), followed by Marie Sasse.
Where is the surname Sasse most common?: Wikidata records people named Sasse in the United States, Belgium and Brazil.
How do you pronounce Sasse?: Sasse is /sæs/, one syllable.
Is the surname Sasse getting more or less common?: More common. 1,682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 5.4%.