# Sugar (surname)

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

A surname from German

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,394 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,390 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 221,482 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (1,410 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Hungarian surname, from the noun sugár (“light ray”). * As a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Zucker (“sugar”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sugar 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sugar in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Sugar

- Alan Sugar, British business magnate, media personality, and political advisor (born 1947)
- Rebecca Sugar, American animator and screenwriter
- Michael Sugar, American film producer

## Similar surnames

Segura, Square, Sugrue, Sagar, Segar, Sager, Swisher, Sasser, Saucier, Sikora, Seger, Seeger.

## 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.