How common is the surname Sontag?

2,134 people in the United States had the surname Sontag in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,679 Americans. It ranked 14,090th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sontag?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sontag identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sontag?

Susan Sontag, American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004).

Where is the surname Sontag most common?

Wikidata records people named Sontag in the United States.

Is the surname Sontag getting more or less common?

More common. 2,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,134 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Sontag

A German surname, carried by 2,134 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sontag is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Sonntag.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,134 people named Sontag in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,679 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,114.

#14,090

rank among US surnames

2,134

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,240)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,082	Pai	2,136	144,544
#14,084	Youngberg	2,135	144,611
#14,090	Cumbie	2,134	144,679
#14,093	Cull	2,133	144,747
#14,096	Vanpatten	2,132	144,815

Who is named Sontag

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

92% of people named Sontag identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sontags

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Susan Sontag
American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sontag

Sonntag

Sontag has the Soundex code S532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S532.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sontag come from?: Borrowed from German Sonntag.
How common is the surname Sontag?: 2,134 people in the United States had the surname Sontag in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,679 Americans. It ranked 14,090th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sontag?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sontag identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sontag?: Susan Sontag, American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004).
Where is the surname Sontag most common?: Wikidata records people named Sontag in the United States.
Is the surname Sontag getting more or less common?: More common. 2,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,134 in 2010, up 0.9%.