The Sacks surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,577 people carried this name — #7,281 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,531 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 849 people named Sacks 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 413
Buenos Aires Province 189
Santa Fe 129
Río Negro 37
City of Buenos Aires 25
La Pampa 23
Tierra del Fuego 18
Neuquén 15

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

In print

Sacks in American newspapers,
1894–1913.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Sacks
Evening Star 1913-08-24
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Sacks
Evening Star 1905-12-31
Newspaper page from The Scranton Tribune carrying the name Sacks
The Scranton Tribune 1894-11-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,145 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sacks in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

2,309 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sacks. The most, 915, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 4.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,506
New South Wales 375
Queensland 173
South Australia 114
Western Australia 74
Tasmania 52
ACT (Canberra) 11
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Sacks,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Leon Sacks
    Leon Sacks 1902–1972 · lawyer
  • Albert Sacks
    Albert Sacks 1920–1991 · lawyer
  • Adolf Sacks 1819–1879 · physician
  • Adolf Sacks 1819–1879 · physician
  • Klara Neumann 1870–1942
  • Norman P. Sacks 1914–2004 · educator

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 Sacks,
in the records of 6 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 States1,393 records

1,393 records of the Sacks name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 698
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 287
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 198
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 106
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 55
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George D. Sacks

    Born 1923 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1943 at Wilkes Barre; warehouseman from Luzerne County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    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 Martha Sacks

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Meta from Bremen, aged 52; farmer. From Bavaria, Germany; bound for Wisconsin.

    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 Jay Charles Sacks

    Born 1948; from Naperville, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; died in an accident 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 1,393 records for Sacks in the United States.

Counts: 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. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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).

Australia24 records

24 records of the Sacks name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 16
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anthony Sacks

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Ocean Chief, aged 34; German.

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

    Retailer of Caulfield North, Victoria; died 1996.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Peter Sacks

    Left Launceston in 1854 aboard the Sarah Ann, bound for London, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Sacks in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands19 records

19 records of the Sacks name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 14
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Sacks

    Died 1891 in Renkum, aged 26; soldier.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Bertha Sacks

    Married in 1931 in Vlagtwedde.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Maria Sacks

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1878 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 19 records for Sacks in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Germany14 records

14 records of the Sacks name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Arthur Sacks

    From Crefeld. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 20 March 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 144).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hans Sacks

    From Königsberg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 18 March 1915.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Sacks

    From Pakulent. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 16 February 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Sacks in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Sacks name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record George Sacks

    Married 1865 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Rose Ida Sacks

    Born 1901 in Hartford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

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

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

France1 record

1 record of the Sacks 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 Fred Cooper Sacks

    Born 1913 in the United States; died 1990 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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