How common is the surname Sugar?

1,394 people in the United States had the surname Sugar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,482 Americans. It ranked 19,390th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sugar?

Alan Sugar, British business magnate, media personality, and political advisor (born 1947), followed by Rebecca Sugar.

Where is the surname Sugar most common?

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

Is the surname Sugar getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,394 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Sugar

A German surname, carried by 1,394 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sugar is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 1,394 people named Sugar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,482 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,410.

#19,390

rank among US surnames

1,394

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,196)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,390	Rifkin	1,394	221,482
#19,398	Zaborowski	1,393	221,641

Who is named Sugar

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

88% of people named Sugar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sugars

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alan Sugar
British business magnate, media personality, and political advisor (born 1947)
Rebecca Sugar
American animator and screenwriter, born 1987
Michael Sugar
American film producer, born 2000

Notable Sugars come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sugar

Sugar has the Soundex code S260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S260.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sugar come from?: * As a Hungarian surname, from the noun sugár (“light ray”). * As a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Zucker (“sugar”).
How common is the surname Sugar?: 1,394 people in the United States had the surname Sugar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,482 Americans. It ranked 19,390th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sugar?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Sugar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sugar?: Alan Sugar, British business magnate, media personality, and political advisor (born 1947), followed by Rebecca Sugar.
Where is the surname Sugar most common?: Wikidata records people named Sugar in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Sugar getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,394 in 2010, down 1.1%.