# Sayers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sayers/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as an occupation common in Sussex.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,705 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,603 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,071 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (7,403 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* A patronymic form of the occupational name Sayer, from Middle English and Old English, and of a Norman given name of uncertain etymology. * An anglicisation of the Irish Saoghair.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sayers in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sayers in the United States.

## People named Sayers

- Gale Sayers, American professional football player (1943-2020)
- Joseph D. Sayers, American politician (1841-1929)
- Chrystina Sayers, American singer

## Similar surnames

Sawyers, Sears, Soares, Shears, Sauers, Sarris, Suarez, Schwarz, Scruggs, Squires, Schrock, Searcy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.