How common is the surname Sax?

1,676 people in the United States had the surname Sax in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,216 Americans. It ranked 16,958th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sax?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sax identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sax?

Adolphe Sax, Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (1814–1894), followed by Emil Sax.

Where is the surname Sax most common?

Wikidata records people named Sax in France and Austria.

Is the surname Sax getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,676 in 2010, down 1.6%.

The surname Sax

A German surname, carried by 1,676 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sax is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Derived from German Sachs, from Sachse, from Middle High German Sahse, from Old High German Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō (“Saxon”), from *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,676 people named Sax in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,216 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,704.

#16,958

rank among US surnames

1,676

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,731)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,953	Chittum	1,677	184,106
#16,958	Villamil	1,676	184,216

Who is named Sax

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

91% of people named Sax identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Saxs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adolphe Sax
Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (1814–1894)
Emil Sax
Austrian politician (1845-1927)

Notable Saxs come mostly from France (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sax

Saxe

Sax has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sax come from?: Derived from German Sachs, from Sachse, from Middle High German Sahse, from Old High German Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō (“Saxon”), from *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
How common is the surname Sax?: 1,676 people in the United States had the surname Sax in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,216 Americans. It ranked 16,958th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sax?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sax identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sax?: Adolphe Sax, Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (1814–1894), followed by Emil Sax.
Where is the surname Sax most common?: Wikidata records people named Sax in France and Austria.
Is the surname Sax getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,676 in 2010, down 1.6%.