How Many People Have the Last Name Sawyer?
people had the surname Sawyer in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 6,017 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,049 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Sawyer (80.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 13.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Sawyer ranks #515. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Sawyer grew from 47,979 people in 2000 to 49,028 in 2010 (up 2.2%), and its rank fell from #646 to #707. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 17.79 to 16.62 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 47,979 | 49,028 |
| Rank | #646 | #707 |
| Per 100,000 people | 17.79 | 16.62 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sawyer
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sawyer: S600
👤 Sawyer as a First Name
Sawyer is a first name too: about 83,424 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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