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    The surname Saw

    A Hindi occupational surname, carried by 691 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saw is more common than 79.6% of them.

    Origin

    Hindi origin

    Various origins: * English metonymic occupational surname for a sawyer, from saw. Compare Sawyer. * Borrowed from Hindi साव (sāv); this surname is predominantly found in Jharkhand state. * Borrowed from Burmese စော (cau:), a nickname meaning "honorable".

    Saw is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 691 people named Saw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 446,810 Americans. That is up 68% since 2000, when the Census counted 412.

    #33,121
    rank among US surnames
    691
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +67.7%
    change since 2000 (was #48,196)

    Who is named Saw

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

    81% of people named Saw identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Saw

    Saw has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

    Other Hindi surnames

    All 48 Hindi surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Saw come from?
    Various origins: * English metonymic occupational surname for a sawyer, from saw. Compare Sawyer. * Borrowed from Hindi साव (sāv); this surname is predominantly found in Jharkhand state. * Borrowed from Burmese စော (cau:), a nickname meaning "honorable".
    How common is the surname Saw?
    691 people in the United States had the surname Saw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 446,810 Americans. It ranked 33,121st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Saw?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Saw identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Saw?
    Saw is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Saw getting more or less common?
    More common. 412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 691 in 2010, up 68%.
    What are other spellings of Saw?
    Sawh.