How Many People Have the Last Name Sailor?
people had the surname Sailor in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 121,951 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 4 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+144 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Sailor (71%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 21.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Sailor ranks #10,144. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 73.5% to 71%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Sailor grew from 2,268 people in 2000 to 2,412 in 2010 (up 6.3%), and its rank fell from #12,533 to #12,789. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 0.84 to 0.82 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 2,268 | 2,412 |
| Rank | #12,533 | #12,789 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.84 | 0.82 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sailor
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sailor: S460
👤 Sailor as a First Name
Sailor is a first name too: about 4,260 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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