Sawyer is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sawyer
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sawyer

How popular is Sawyer?

Sawyer is common in United States.

Sawyer is ranked 6184 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sawyer bearers increased by 2.186373 per cent in 2010 US census to 49028 since 2000, the surname slipped by 61 spots and ranked at 707. The last name was found in around 166 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.83 82.52
Black 13.62 13.29
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 1.49
Others 1.99 1.59
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.71 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.57 0.59
Sawyer is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while The Bahamas is ahead in terms of density. Around 88227 people have been found who wears Sawyer as their family name. Sawyer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
52,852 United Arab Emirates10
15,965 Azerbaijan10
83,734 Belarus9
83,411 Czech Republic8
13,183 Thailand7
705 Gibraltar7
2,025 Afghanistan6
1,377 South Korea6
2,026 Taiwan5
11,392 Slovakia3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
35,184 Poland3
16,136 Kenya3
18,114 Algeria3
1,333 Guam2
14,004 Hungary2
931 Sierra Leone2
4,164 Vietnam2
1,753 Cuba2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
23,344 Austria2
6,353 Panama2
6,900 Oman2
18,625 Japan2
5,859 Mauritius2
261 Vanuatu2
1,400 Mongolia2
723,167 Indonesia2
3,791 Namibia2
34,572 Israel2
19,810 Croatia1
34,581 Chile1
24,460 Armenia1
7,314 Bolivia1
3,952 Yemen1
7,790 Zambia1
24,771 Colombia1
1,970 Grenada1
15,705 Cameroon1
50,549 Georgia1
1,542 Andorra1
120,357 Argentina1
10,958 Bangladesh1
6,033 Benin1
123,175 Tanzania1
8,181 Botswana1
1,253 Burundi1
4,249 Cambodia1
10,683 Cyprus1
1,179 Swaziland1
29,774 Venezuela1
29,595 Iran1
2,057 Isle of Man1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
21,562 Portugal1
6,688 Malawi1
6,212 Jamaica1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
5,916 Mozambique1
16,073 Latvia1
971 Seychelles1
9,498 Iceland1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
19,533 Uruguay1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
49,101 Denmark1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,721 Egypt1
8,371 Syria1
11,486 Estonia1
25,746 Finland1
1,572 Macau1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,183 Zimbabwe49
102,186 Ukraine40
8,214 Singapore35
32,811 Sweden29
23,443 Norway26
1,742 China26
368,094 India25
52,530 Belgium22
813 Jersey22
45,776 Philippines20
90,071 Germany18
1,286 Malta16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,801 Northern Ireland72
4,790 Ireland71
2,637 Trinidad and Tobago57
Countries with hundreds of Sawyer:
4,052 Ghana719
25,166 France392
2,143 New Zealand353
14,898 Morocco336
1,201 Wales327
2,233 Scotland315
22,396 Turkey245
56,243 Brazil175
6,960 Switzerland171
11,447 Malaysia152
23,602 Mexico131
93,104 Russia128
2,219 Hong Kong107
24,962 Netherlands102
62,979 Italy101
26,287 Spain101
Countries with thousands of Sawyer:
793 England9,179
1,329 Canada3,853
6,623 Nigeria3,515
922 Australia3,372
2,270 South Africa2,867
279 Liberia2,295
54 The Bahamas1,200
Countries with ten thousands of Sawyer:
627 United States57,401
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer George Sawyer from Ireland aboard the Germania from London during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 31 years old when he arrived in USA on July 6, 1849. Bernard Sawyer (25) Workman, Workman James Sawyer, John Sawyer, aged 28, William Sawyer, aged 30, Johanna Sawyer, aged 26, 26 years old James Sawyer, Mary Sawyer, Born at sea John Sawyer, and 15 other Sawyer around 57.14% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Sawyer Namesakes

  • Harry Sawyerr, Ghanaian Politician
  • Ralph A. Sawyer, Physicist
  • Philetus Sawyer, Former United States Senator
  • William E. Sawyer, Inventor
  • Alfie Sawyer, Actor
  • Chris Sawyer, Video game developer
  • Alvah Hayden Sawyer, Physician
  • Amos Sawyer, Liberian Politician
  • Peter Sawyer, Historian
  • Joe Sawyer, Film actor
  • Michael 'Mick' Sawyer, from 2012 comedy and horror film Rock Bottom Creek, who portrayed Sheriff Ringo Anderson.
  • In 2014 action and adventure movie, The Posthuman Project, Lindsay Sawyer portrayed Gwen Black.
  • Stuart Sawyer portrayed small role of Father Pace in 2008 drama film God's Cookery.

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