Last Name SAYER

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Meaning	The son of Sayer, also found as Sagar, Sigar, and Seger. A forgotten personal name that has left an indelible mark on English directories. The name was popular so early as Domesday as Segar and Sigar, and Latinized as Sigarus. Siger de Frivile is found in the Hundred Rolls as Siger Saer, Sayer, and Seer. The following surnames will be found in their proper place, unquestionable descendants of Siger or Sayer, Seager, Seeger, Seaker, Sugar, Sugars, Siggers, Saggers, Sagar, Sage, Secker, Sear, Sears, Searson, Seare, Seares, Seear, Syer, and Syers.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	11,012 (2000 US census)	9,394 (1990 US census)

Count	2,649 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.11%, or 2493 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.43%, or 38 total occurrences, as black,
0.91%, or 24 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.57%, or 15 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.09%, or 29 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.89%, or 50 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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