How common is the surname Saul?

7,047 people in the United States had the surname Saul in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,812 Americans. It ranked 4,981st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Saul?

Frank Saul, American basketball player (1924–2019), followed by Mark Saul.

Where is the surname Saul most common?

Wikidata records people named Saul in the United States.

Is the surname Saul getting more or less common?

More common. 6,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,047 in 2010, up 1.9%.

Is Saul also a first name?

Yes. Saul is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Saul

An Aramaic surname, carried by 7,047 people in the United States.

Pronounced /sɔl/ 1 syllable Soundex S400 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saul is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

Aramaic origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,047 people named Saul in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,812 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,916.

#4,981

rank among US surnames

7,047

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,685)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,977	Tobar	7,056	43,756
#4,979	Kuhns	7,055	43,763
#4,980	Damian	7,048	43,806
#4,981	Spurgeon	7,047	43,812

Who is named Saul

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

81% of people named Saul identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sauls

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Saul
American basketball player (1924–2019)
Mark Saul
American actor, singer-songwriter, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Saul

Saul has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Questions

Where does the surname Saul come from?: Borrowed from Old English Saul. Doublet of Silas, which derived from Aramaic.
How common is the surname Saul?: 7,047 people in the United States had the surname Saul in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,812 Americans. It ranked 4,981st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saul?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Saul identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Saul?: Frank Saul, American basketball player (1924–2019), followed by Mark Saul.
Where is the surname Saul most common?: Wikidata records people named Saul in the United States.
How do you pronounce Saul?: Saul is /sɔl/, one syllable.
Is the surname Saul getting more or less common?: More common. 6,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,047 in 2010, up 1.9%.
Is Saul also a first name?: Yes. Saul is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.