How common is the surname Saxon?

7,576 people in the United States had the surname Saxon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,753 Americans. It ranked 4,685th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Saxon?

John Saxon, American actor (1936-2020), followed by Rolf Saxon.

Where is the surname Saxon most common?

Wikidata records people named Saxon in the United States.

How do you pronounce Saxon?

Saxon is /ˈsæksən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Saxon getting more or less common?

More common. 7,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,576 in 2010, up 6.8%.

Is Saxon also a first name?

Yes. Saxon 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 Saxon

A surname, carried by 7,576 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsæksən/ 2 syllables Soundex S250 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). Saxon is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsan, plural of Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō. Also from Saxoun, through Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxōnem, accusative of Saxō (“a Saxon”). All from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of Sais. Cognates Cognate with Middle Low German sasse (“someone speaking Saxon, i.e. (Middle) Low German”), Old English Seaxa (“a Saxon”), Old High German Sahso (“a Saxon”), Icelandic Saxi (“a Saxon”), Estonian saks (“lord; German”), Finnish Saksa (“Germany”). Also cognate to Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”); more at sax.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,576 people named Saxon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,753 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,092.

#4,685

rank among US surnames

7,576

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,584)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,679	Minnick	7,581	40,726
#4,683	Valente	7,580	40,732
#4,684	Stidham	7,579	40,737
#4,685	Saxon	7,576	40,753
#4,686	Bethel	7,573	40,769

Who is named Saxon

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

76% of people named Saxon identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Saxons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Saxon
American actor (1936-2020)
Rolf Saxon
American actor, born 1955
Sky Saxon
American singer (1937–2009)
Edward Saxon
American film producer, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Saxon

Saxena

Saxon has the Soundex code S250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S250.

Questions

Where does the surname Saxon come from?: Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsan, plural of Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō. Also from Saxoun, through Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxōnem, accusative of Saxō (“a Saxon”). All from…
How common is the surname Saxon?: 7,576 people in the United States had the surname Saxon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,753 Americans. It ranked 4,685th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saxon?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Saxon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Saxon?: John Saxon, American actor (1936-2020), followed by Rolf Saxon.
Where is the surname Saxon most common?: Wikidata records people named Saxon in the United States.
How do you pronounce Saxon?: Saxon is /ˈsæksən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Saxon getting more or less common?: More common. 7,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,576 in 2010, up 6.8%.
Is Saxon also a first name?: Yes. Saxon 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.