Sager Surname
Approximately 39,425 people bear this surname
Sager Surname Definition:
Occup 'a sawyer.' Anglo-Saxon saga, a saw. Yorkshire dialect sager, a sawyer. (2) Bapt. 'the son of Sagar' (v. Seager). This must be looked upon as the chief parent.
Richard le Saghiere, Close Rolls, 21 Edward III, pt.
Simon Sagher 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameSager Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14,260 | 1:25,418 | 3,205 |
| Libya | 9,367 | 1:667 | 138 |
| Germany | 4,048 | 1:19,888 | 2,628 |
| Switzerland | 1,816 | 1:4,523 | 670 |
| India | 1,228 | 1:624,646 | 29,801 |
| Philippines | 1,170 | 1:86,528 | 15,022 |
| Canada | 1,070 | 1:34,435 | 4,422 |
| Iraq | 1,053 | 1:33,259 | 1,532 |
| Argentina | 974 | 1:43,884 | 3,707 |
| Turkey | 825 | 1:94,329 | 8,367 |
| France | 463 | 1:143,462 | 22,124 |
| Lebanon | 420 | 1:13,422 | 1,877 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Sweden | 283 | 1:34,794 | 2,822 |
| England | 270 | 1:206,363 | 17,844 |
| Austria | 268 | 1:31,774 | 5,119 |
| Australia | 265 | 1:101,871 | 11,478 |
| Pakistan | 229 | 1:780,104 | 11,203 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Brazil | 140 | 1:1,529,102 | 50,957 |
| Denmark | 82 | 1:68,838 | 6,869 |
| New Zealand | 67 | 1:67,587 | 10,255 |
| Syria | 67 | 1:288,075 | 4,452 |
| Norway | 48 | 1:107,131 | 14,344 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Czechia | 20 | 1:531,673 | 54,411 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| United Arab Emirates | 16 | 1:572,642 | 23,583 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Yemen | 11 | 1:2,402,299 | 14,089 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Montenegro | 9 | 1:71,063 | 3,870 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 424 | 1:57,489 | 6,779 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,501 | 1:20,079 | 2,537 |
The alternate forms: Säger (887), Ságer (20) & Šager (18) are calculated separately.
Sager (5,593) may also be a first name.
Sager Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Occup 'a sawyer.' Anglo-Saxon saga, a saw. Yorkshire dialect sager, a sawyer. (2) Bapt. 'the son of Sagar' (v. Seager). This must be looked upon as the chief parent.
Richard le Saghiere, Close Rolls, 21 Edward III, pt.
Simon Sagher 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Saghher, 1379: ibid.
1621. Buried — Temperance, d. Mathew Sager: St. James, Clerkenwell.
Robert Sagar, of Billington, 1632: Wills at Chester.
Richard Sagar, of Padiham, 1648: ibid.
(Scandinavian and N.Eng.) Sawyer [sager is a North. Dialectal word, from sage (g hard), a saw-Old Norse sag, sög = Old English saga: cp.Ger. säger, sawyer] (Teutonic) v. Segar, Seger1.
Cp. Sayer.
(English) Descendant of Sagar (sea, spear); one who sawed timber into boards.
Sagar, or Segar as it is infrequently spelt, is a name characteristic of the Burnley district. The Rev. Charles Sagar was master of Blackburn School in 1655 (A.). In the 13th century Segar or Sigar was a name found in Bucks, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Wilts, etc. (H. R.).
Sager Demographics
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Sager Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sager Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sager (Arabic: ساجر, Hindi: सागर, Marathi: सागर, Russian: Сагер) is most common in The United States. It can also occur as: Säger, Ságer or Šager. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sager? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 14,136th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 184,846 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 38 percent of Sager are found; 35 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Sager is also the 89,573rd most common first name internationally, borne by 5,593 people.
The surname Sager is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 14,260 people, or 1 in 25,418. In The United States Sager is mostly found in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 74 countries. It also occurs in Libya, where 24 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.
Sager Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sager has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 570 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 36 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sager Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sager surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Sunni (64%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Sager surname are 34.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.89% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sager earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.6% more than the national average, earning 351,614 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 62.93% less than the national average, earning R 88,104 per year; in United States they earn 2.82% more than the national average, earning $44,366 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.32% more than the national average, earning $51,333 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sager Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sager in the Marathi language | ||
| सागर | sagara | 94.22 |
| सागेर | sagera | 2.73 |
| सगर | sagara | 1.61 |
| सगीर | sagira | 0.48 |
| वागे | vage | 0.16 |
| साने | sane | 0.16 |
| Sager in the Hindi language | ||
| सागर | sagara | 67.5 |
| सगीर | sagira | 13.75 |
| सगेर | sagera | 11.25 |
| सागेर | sagera | 2.5 |
| सागिर | sagira | 1.25 |
| शागीर | sagira | 1.25 |
| शगीर | sagira | 1.25 |
| Sager in the Russian language | ||
| Сагер | sager | - |
| Sager in the Arabic language | ||
| ساجر | sajr | - |
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