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    The surname Savage

    A surname, carried by 49,914 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S120

    Savage: #690 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Savage #690, 49,914 people Savage: #690 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Savage #690, 49,914 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Savage is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 49,914 people named Savage in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,186 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 48,367.

    #690
    rank among US surnames
    49,914
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #640)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #681Hancock50,5586,107
    #682Callahan50,5246,111
    #683Dillon50,4656,118
    #684Cline50,2586,143
    #685Wiggins50,2476,145
    #686Grimes50,2456,145
    #687Arellano50,1046,162

    Who is named Savage

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

    75% of people named Savage identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Savages

    25 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adam Savage
      American special effects specialist and television host (born 1967)
    • John Savage
      American actor, born 1949
    • Fred Savage
      American actor and director (born 1976)
    • Ben Savage
      American actor, born 1980
    • Augusta Savage
      American sculptor (1892–1962)
    • Ann Savage
      American actress (1921–2008)
    • Rick Savage
      British bass guitarist (born 1960)
    • Andrea Savage
      American actress, born 1973
    • Dan Savage
      American sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner, born 1964
    • Herschel Savage
      American pornographic film actor & director (1952–2023)
    • Leonard Jimmie Savage
      American mathematician (1917–1971)
    • Angie Savage
      American actress, born 1979

    Notable Savages come mostly from the United States (24) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Savage

    Savage has the Soundex code S120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S120.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Savage come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Savage?
    49,914 people in the United States had the surname Savage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,186 Americans. It ranked 690th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Savage?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Savage identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Savage?
    Adam Savage, American special effects specialist and television host (born 1967), followed by John Savage.
    Where is the surname Savage most common?
    Wikidata records people named Savage in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Savage getting more or less common?
    More common. 48,367 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,914 in 2010, up 3.2%.