# Savas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/savas/  
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 | Turkish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 678 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,596 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 455,377 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.9% (684 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Both from Turkish Savaş and Greek Σάββας (Sávvas), the latter from Aramaic סבא (“grandfather, old man”). Several variants exist, such as Savvides, Savvopoulos, Savopoulos, Sava, Savvas.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Savas 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) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Savage, Sipes, Speck, Shabazz, Spies, Speaks, Spiess, Sopko, Sabbagh, Sipos, Shives, Sobieski.

## 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.