# Sayre (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,973 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,449 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,724 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.0% (8,133 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈseɪə/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sayre 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sayre in the United States.

## People named Sayre

- John Sayre, American rower (1936–2023)
- Francis Bowes Sayre, American judge
- Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre, American presidential daughter and activist (1887–1933)
- Zelda Fitzgerald, American writer (1900–1948)

## Similar surnames

Sauer, Saar, Sara, Sar, Sawyer, Sayer, Swarey, Square, Share, Sierra, Soria, Shore.

## 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.