# Saul (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/saul/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Aramaic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,047 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,981 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,812 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (6,916 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /sɔl/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Old English Saul. Doublet of Silas, which derived from Aramaic.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Saul in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Saul in the United States.

## People named Saul

- Frank Saul, American basketball player (1924–2019)
- Mark Saul, American actor, singer-songwriter

## Similar surnames

Saleh, Seal, Sala, Sale, Salo, Salah, Sall, Salih, Sally, Sule, Shaul, Sewell.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.