How common is the surname Sayre?

7,973 people in the United States had the surname Sayre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,724 Americans. It ranked 4,449th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sayre?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sayre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sayre?

John Sayre, American rower (1936–2023), followed by Francis Bowes Sayre.

Where is the surname Sayre most common?

Wikidata records people named Sayre in the United States.

How do you pronounce Sayre?

Sayre is /ˈseɪə/, one syllable.

Is the surname Sayre getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,973 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Sayre

A surname, carried by 7,973 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈseɪə/ 1 syllable Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sayre is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,973 people named Sayre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,724 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,133.

#4,449

rank among US surnames

7,973

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #4,008)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,440	Sisco	7,993	38,627
#4,441	Hendrick	7,988	38,651
#4,442	Weed	7,987	38,656
#4,444	Vaca	7,982	38,680
#4,445	Magnuson	7,980	38,690
#4,446	Keyser	7,978	38,700
#4,447	Allman	7,977	38,704

Who is named Sayre

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

94% of people named Sayre identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sayres

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Sayre
American rower (1936–2023)
Francis Bowes Sayre
American judge, 1885–1972
Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
American presidential daughter and activist (1887–1933)
Zelda Fitzgerald
American writer (1900–1948)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sayre

Sayre has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

How common is the surname Sayre?: 7,973 people in the United States had the surname Sayre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,724 Americans. It ranked 4,449th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sayre?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sayre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sayre?: John Sayre, American rower (1936–2023), followed by Francis Bowes Sayre.
Where is the surname Sayre most common?: Wikidata records people named Sayre in the United States.
How do you pronounce Sayre?: Sayre is /ˈseɪə/, one syllable.
Is the surname Sayre getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,973 in 2010, down 2.0%.