View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Saks Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Saks (Hindi: सक्स, Russian: Сакс) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Säks. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Saks? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 92,107^th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,403,881 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Saks are found; 38 percent are found in North America and 38 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 832,731^st most commonly held first name in the world, held by 125 people.

The surname Saks is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,906 people, or 1 in 190,167. In The United States Saks is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 17 percent reside, California, where 15 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 21 percent reside and Russia, where 11 percent reside.

Saks Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Saks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Saks surname expanded 10,032 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 817 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Saks Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Saks last name are 41.3% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.53% registered with the political party.

The amount Saks earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 55.99% more than the national average, earning R 370,692 per year; in United States they earn 27.2% more than the national average, earning $54,885 USD per year and in Canada they earn 55.7% more than the national average, earning $77,356 CAD per year.