How common is the surname Sayers?

7,705 people in the United States had the surname Sayers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,071 Americans. It ranked 4,603rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sayers?

Gale Sayers, American professional football player (1943-2020), followed by Joseph D. Sayers.

Where is the surname Sayers most common?

Wikidata records people named Sayers in the United States.

Is the surname Sayers getting more or less common?

More common. 7,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,705 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Sayers

An English occupational surname, carried by 7,705 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sayers is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

* 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.

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,705 people named Sayers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,071 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,403.

#4,603

rank among US surnames

7,705

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,431)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,594	Mauro	7,722	39,983
#4,596	Goolsby	7,721	39,988
#4,597	Batten	7,716	40,014
#4,598	Kling	7,713	40,029
#4,600	Hazel	7,711	40,040
#4,601	Wojcik	7,710	40,045
#4,602	Kehoe	7,708	40,055

Who is named Sayers

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

86% of people named Sayers identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sayerss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gale Sayers
American professional football player (1943-2020)
Joseph D. Sayers
American politician (1841-1929)
Chrystina Sayers
American singer, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sayers

Sayers has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sayers come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Sayers?: 7,705 people in the United States had the surname Sayers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,071 Americans. It ranked 4,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sayers?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Sayers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sayers?: Gale Sayers, American professional football player (1943-2020), followed by Joseph D. Sayers.
Where is the surname Sayers most common?: Wikidata records people named Sayers in the United States.
What type of surname is Sayers?: Sayers is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sayers getting more or less common?: More common. 7,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,705 in 2010, up 4.1%.