The Sack surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,729 people carried this name — #8,791 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,604 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Sack surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Sagge’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 662 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,393 people named Sack 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 Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 536
Buenos Aires Province 520
City of Buenos Aires 84
La Pampa 68
Córdoba 33
Santa Fe 33
Corrientes 27
Formosa 24

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 71 people named Sack 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 East Flanders.

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

Where they live today

East Flanders 60
West Flanders 11

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

52 people named Sack have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 69 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Warmian-Masurian.

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

Where they live today

Warmian-Masurian 23
Silesian 17
West Pomeranian 7
Masovian 5

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 45 people named Sack.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 15
Paris 13
Pas-de-Calais 4
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 3
Bas-Rhin 2
Eure-et-Loir 2
Hautes-Pyrénées 1
Mayenne 1
Haut-Rhin 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

37 people named Sack live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 12
Vaud 8
Aargau 7
Basel-Stadt 4
Basel-Landschaft 3
Geneva 3

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 the Nordic population registers

22 people named Sack is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 22

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).

In print

Sack in American newspapers,
1874–1920.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Sack
New-york Tribune 1920-01-18
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Sack
Evening Star 1919-01-29
Newspaper page from Independent Statesman carrying the name Sack
Independent Statesman 1874-01-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,261 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sack in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

9,764 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sack. The most, 3,568, date from the 1910s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 13.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 5,494
South Australia 1,521
New South Wales 1,110
Western Australia 768
Queensland 561
Northern Territory 162
Tasmania 87
ACT (Canberra) 43

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sack.

Who carried it

People named Sack,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Siegfried Sack
    Siegfried Sack 1527–1596 · writer
  • Johan Gabriel Sack
    Johan Gabriel Sack 1697–1751 · courtier
  • August Friedrich Wilhelm Sack
    August Friedrich Wilhelm Sack 1703–1786 · writer
  • Hedvig Elisabet Sack
    Hedvig Elisabet Sack 1708–1760
  • Christian Sack d. 1828 · peasant
  • Carl M. Sack d. 2024 · cartographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sack,
in the records of 8 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,257 records

1,257 records of the Sack name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 576
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 355
  • Other U.S. records 326
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William Sack

    Born 1917 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1945 at Newark; policeman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at BG William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margale Sack

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Alaska from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 39; matron. From Poland, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gerald Duane Sack

    Born 1949; from Mankato, Minnesota. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,257 records for Sack in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands1,027 records

1,027 records of the Sack name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 490
  • Dutch population registers 320
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 217
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Philippus Wilhelmus Sack

    Married in 1883 in 's-Gravenhage; merchant. Died 1886 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 36; shopkeeper.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Maria Sack

    Married in 1823 in Weert; farmer, born 1776 in Weert. Died 1843 in Weert, aged 67.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Sack

    Married in 1904 in Haarlem; "landbouwscheikundige". Died 1950 in Zeist, aged 74.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 1,027 records for Sack in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany828 records

828 records of the Sack name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 814
  • German emigration and citizenship files 13
  • German estate files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Sack

    Born 1887; from Gelsenkirchen. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 16 August 1918; then reported dead in the list of 3 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 16).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Christian Friedrich Sack

    Emigrated to New York in 1855.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Georg Sack

    Left Leuchau as an emigrant in 1859.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Bamberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 828 records for Sack in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Belgium164 records

164 records of the Sack name in Belgium
  • Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 124
  • Belgian population registers 40
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Julia Sack

    Married in 1928 in Aalst; thread twister, born 1907 in Nieuwerkerken. Died 1947 in Aalst, aged 40.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Franciscus Sack

    Born 1853 in Nieuwerkerken. Married in 1875 in Nieuwerkerken; "baardscheerder".

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Christina Sack

    Born 1894 in Aelst. Died 1923 in Aelst, aged 29; knitter.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 164 records for Sack in Belgium.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia74 records

74 records of the Sack name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 42
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 20
  • Other Australian records 12
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Sack

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lord Hungerford, sailing from England in 1821. Native of Islington, Middlesex.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Archd Hill Sack

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Earl of Eglinton, aged 19; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ellen Sack

    Gentlewoman of Elwood, Victoria; died 1962.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 74 records for Sack in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada44 records

44 records of the Sack name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 43
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Herbert Maxwell Sack

    Died 1920 in Shubenacadie, Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Daniel Sack

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Martin Sack

    Died 1962 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 44 records for Sack in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France18 records

18 records of the Sack name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Raymond Sack

    Born 1906 in Paris; died 1988 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Josephine Marcelle Sack

    Born 1893 in Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre (Eure-et-Loir); died 1990 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Georges Sack

    Born 1947 in Montfermeil (Seine-Saint-Denis); died 1996 in Menton (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Sack in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Sack name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1914–1922
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Josef Sack

    Died in 1918, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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