# Saylor (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,010 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,276 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,285 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (15,547 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old French sailleor (“dancer, acrobat”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Saylor 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Saylor in the United States.

## People named Saylor

- Morgan Saylor, American actress
- Steven Saylor, American writer
- Michael J. Saylor, American business executive, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (born 1965)
- Syd Saylor, actor (1895-1962)

## Similar surnames

Sayler, Sailer, Sailor, Salyer, Schuler, Solorio, Shuler, Schiller, Siler, Seiler, Schaller, Soler.

## 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.