How common is the surname Sawyer?

49,028 people in the United States had the surname Sawyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,297 Americans. It ranked 707th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sawyer getting more or less common?

More common. 47,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,028 in 2010, up 2.2%.

Is Sawyer also a first name?

Yes. Sawyer is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Sawyer

An occupational surname, carried by 49,028 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sawyer is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

* As an English occupational surname, from sawyer (“one who saws”). Senses loaned from various languages include Jewish/German Seger and Sager, Slovene Žagar. * As a French surname, variant of Seguin.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 49,028 people named Sawyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,297 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 47,979.

#707

rank among US surnames

49,028

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #646)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#698	Koch	49,395	6,251
#699	Golden	49,360	6,255
#700	Ware	49,316	6,261
#701	Brennan	49,238	6,270
#702	McDowell	49,217	6,273
#703	Marks	49,177	6,278
#704	Cantu	49,126	6,285

Who is named Sawyer

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

81% of people named Sawyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sawyer

Sawyer has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

Where does the surname Sawyer come from?: * As an English occupational surname, from sawyer (“one who saws”). Senses loaned from various languages include Jewish/German Seger and Sager, Slovene Žagar. * As a French surname, variant of Seguin.
How common is the surname Sawyer?: 49,028 people in the United States had the surname Sawyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,297 Americans. It ranked 707th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sawyer?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Sawyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Sawyer?: Sawyer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sawyer getting more or less common?: More common. 47,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,028 in 2010, up 2.2%.
Is Sawyer also a first name?: Yes. Sawyer is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.