How common is the surname Sather?

3,838 people in the United States had the surname Sather in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,444 Americans. It ranked 8,581st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sather getting more or less common?

More common. 3,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,838 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Sather

A surname, carried by 3,838 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sather is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,838 people named Sather in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,444 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,600.

#8,581

rank among US surnames

3,838

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,432)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,577	Smeltzer	3,841	80,382
#8,578	Lezama	3,840	80,402
#8,579	Conwell	3,839	80,423
#8,581	Franck	3,838	80,444
#8,586	Kenna	3,837	80,465

Who is named Sather

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

95% of people named Sather identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sather

Sather has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

Questions

How common is the surname Sather?: 3,838 people in the United States had the surname Sather in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,444 Americans. It ranked 8,581st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sather?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sather identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Sather getting more or less common?: More common. 3,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,838 in 2010, up 6.6%.