How common is the surname Sauls?

6,490 people in the United States had the surname Sauls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,573 Americans. It ranked 5,364th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sauls getting more or less common?

More common. 6,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,490 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Sauls

A surname, carried by 6,490 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sauls is more common than 96.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,490 people named Sauls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,573 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,227.

#5,364

rank among US surnames

6,490

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,166)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,359	Wyant	6,498	47,514
#5,360	Melancon	6,496	47,529
#5,361	Donnell	6,494	47,543
#5,364	Denison	6,490	47,573
#5,367	Giraldo	6,489	47,580

Who is named Sauls

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

73% of people named Sauls identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sauls

Sauls has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

Questions

How common is the surname Sauls?: 6,490 people in the United States had the surname Sauls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,573 Americans. It ranked 5,364th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sauls?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Sauls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sauls getting more or less common?: More common. 6,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,490 in 2010, up 4.2%.