The Saas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 240 people carried this name — #79,338 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 14% from 278 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 180 people named Saas.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Saas live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Saas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Saas 1703–1774 · historian
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Hans Ulrich Saas 1916–1997 · painter
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Martin Saas 1956–
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Claire Saas 1972– · jurist
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Sergio Saas 1978– · singer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saas.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Saas is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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