The Saber surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 995 people carried this name — #24,982 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 10% from 902 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 180 people named Saber live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 132 people named Saber.
Most of them — 88 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
113 people named Saber live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 44 people named Saber live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in San Luis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
303 people named Saber are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Saber,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ahmed Saber 1937–1969 · singer
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Ahmed Saber 1937–1969 · singer
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Sirous Saber 1940–2011 · actor
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Gholamhossein Saber 1941– · painter
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Ibrahim Saber 1963– · politician
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Abdelilah Saber 1974– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saber.
- Sabato 711 · U.S. census
- Sabbagh 1,483 · U.S. census
- Sabbah 276 · U.S. census
- Sabbatini 251 · U.S. census
- Sabbe 156 · U.S. census
- Sabel 1,232 · U.S. census
- Sabia 2,074 · U.S. census
- Sabin 5,496 · U.S. census
- Sabine 1,129 · U.S. census
- Sabini 139 · U.S. census
- Sabio 796 · U.S. census
- Sabir 1,024 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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