# Savage (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/savage/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 49,914 |
| US rank (2010) | 690 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,186 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (48,367 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the adjective savage. Compare Sauvage. * As an Irish surname, from ó Sabháin, also Anglicized as O'Savin; see Savin. * As a Jewish and Slavic surname, Americanized from Savich, Serbo-Croatian Savić. See Savic.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Savage 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Savage in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Savage

- Adam Savage, American special effects specialist and television host (born 1967)
- John Savage, American actor
- Fred Savage, American actor and director (born 1976)
- Ben Savage, American actor
- Augusta Savage, American sculptor (1892–1962)
- Ann Savage, American actress (1921–2008)
- Rick Savage, British bass guitarist (born 1960)
- Andrea Savage, American actress
- Dan Savage, American sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner
- Herschel Savage, American pornographic film actor & director (1952–2023)
- Leonard Jimmie Savage, American mathematician (1917–1971)
- Angie Savage, American actress

and 13 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Savidge, Savas, Sipes, Speck, Shabazz, Spies, Speaks, Spiess, Sopko, Sabbagh, Sipos, Shives.

## 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.