How common is the last name Sawyer?

46,929 people in the United States have the last name Sawyer, about 1 in 6,369. It ranks #718 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SAWYER

#718

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
46,929
About
1 in 6,369
This common or more
36%
Who bears it

Of the 46,929 people with the last name Sawyer, 77.5% reported their origin as White, 13.4% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sawyer

#716 Wiley · 46,986#717 Lu · 46,937#719 Melton · 46,858#720 Berg · 46,800

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sawyer, most common first.

#10,479 Sayer · 2,923#106,101 Sawyerr · 179

Also a first name

As a first name, Sawyer ranks #831 of 53,615, with 56,257 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2017, with 5,562 births. See Sawyer as a first name

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