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    The surname Saville

    A surname, carried by 3,299 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S140

    Saville: #9,813 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Saville #9,813, 3,299 people Saville: #9,813 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Saville #9,813, 3,299 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saville is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,299 people named Saville in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,588 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,234.

    #9,813
    rank among US surnames
    3,299
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,267)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,808Whisenhunt3,30193,531
    #9,810Vos3,30093,559
    #9,813Starke3,29993,588
    #9,818Dieter3,29893,616
    #9,821Moline3,29693,673

    Who is named Saville

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

    94% of people named Saville identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Savilles

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jane Saville
      Australian athletics competitor (born 1974)
    • Glen Saville
      Australian basketball player (born 1976)
    • Natalie Saville
      Australian athletics competitor (born 1978)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Saville

    Saville has the Soundex code S140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S140.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Saville?
    3,299 people in the United States had the surname Saville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,588 Americans. It ranked 9,813th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Saville?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Saville identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Saville?
    Jane Saville, Australian athletics competitor (born 1974), followed by Glen Saville.
    Where is the surname Saville most common?
    Wikidata records people named Saville in Australia.
    Is the surname Saville getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,299 in 2010, up 2.0%.