Sachs surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Sachs surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,165 people carried this name — #4,545 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,600 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

189 people named Sachs live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 65
Aargau 38
Bern 17
Basel-Stadt 9
Zug 8
Geneva 8
St. Gallen 8
Basel-Landschaft 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Poland’s population register

159 people named Sachs have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 208 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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Where they live today

Silesian 82
Lower Silesian 27
Masovian 15
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 9
West Pomeranian 9
Greater Poland 8
Opole 7
Pomeranian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 145 people named Sachs.

43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 43
Paris 36
Bas-Rhin 34
Moselle 16
Hauts-de-Seine 4
Vosges 2
Var 2
Val-de-Marne 1
Vaucluse 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

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