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The Sadler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,504 people carried this name — #1,678 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 20,939 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 178 people named Sadler.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Moselle 94
Paris 13
Meurthe-et-Moselle 12
Yonne 8
Ardennes 6
Bas-Rhin 5
Rhône 4
Oise 3

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 75 people named Sadler 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 Mendoza.

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

Where they live today

Mendoza 65
City of Buenos Aires 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Sadler live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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 7
Fribourg 6
Vaud 6
Aargau 3
Basel-Stadt 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 print

Sadler in American newspapers,
1910–1930.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Sadler
Evening Star 1930-03-07
Newspaper page from Jackson County Sentinel carrying the name Sadler
Jackson County Sentinel 1922-12-21
Newspaper page from Palestine Daily Herald carrying the name Sadler
Palestine Daily Herald 1910-07-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 119,391 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sadler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ralph Sadler
    Ralph Sadler 1507–1587 · politician
  • James Sadler
    James Sadler 1751–1828 · chemist
  • Michael Thomas Sadler
    Michael Thomas Sadler 1780–1835 · politician
  • József Sadler
    József Sadler 1791–1849 · curator
  • Reinhold Sadler
    Reinhold Sadler 1848–1906 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 198 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Sadler is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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