How common is the surname Saxe?

1,776 people in the United States had the surname Saxe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,843 Americans. It ranked 16,250th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Saxe?

John Godfrey Saxe, American poet (1816-1887).

Where is the surname Saxe most common?

Wikidata records people named Saxe in the United States.

Is the surname Saxe getting more or less common?

More common. 1,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,776 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname Saxe

A German surname, carried by 1,776 people in the United States.

Pronounced /sæks/ 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). Saxe is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

German origin

Seemingly a combination of influences: Middle English Saxe (“the Saxons”) (from Old English Seaxe), Middle French Saxe (“Saxony”), and German Sachsen (“Saxony”) and Sachse (“a Saxon”) itself, rewritten with x (compare regional German Saxen). The form Saxẽ (i.e., Saxen) is found in some Early Modern sources. The surname is also partly from German Sachs, itself a variant of Sachse; a variant of Dutch Sas (literally “Saxon”), a cognate; and Middle English Saxe, a personal name from Old Norse Saxi, from sax (“one-edged sword”). All of these ultimately lead back to Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Doublet of Sachs, Sax, Sas, and Sachse.

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 1,776 people named Saxe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,843 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,657.

#16,250

rank among US surnames

1,776

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,062)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,247	Haddon	1,777	173,745
#16,250	Saxe	1,776	173,843
#16,254	Ashcroft	1,775	173,941

Who is named Saxe

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

95% of people named Saxe identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Saxes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Godfrey Saxe
American poet (1816-1887)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saxe

Saxe 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 Saxe come from?: Seemingly a combination of influences: Middle English Saxe (“the Saxons”) (from Old English Seaxe), Middle French Saxe (“Saxony”), and German Sachsen (“Saxony”) and Sachse (“a Saxon”) itself, rewritten with x (compare regional German Saxen). The form Saxẽ (i.e., Saxen) is found in some Early…
How common is the surname Saxe?: 1,776 people in the United States had the surname Saxe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,843 Americans. It ranked 16,250th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saxe?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Saxe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Saxe?: John Godfrey Saxe, American poet (1816-1887).
Where is the surname Saxe most common?: Wikidata records people named Saxe in the United States.
How do you pronounce Saxe?: Saxe is /sæks/, one syllable.
Is the surname Saxe getting more or less common?: More common. 1,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,776 in 2010, up 7.2%.