The Sager surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,541 people carried this name — #3,390 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 10,285 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,457 people named Sager live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 850 people named Sager 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 Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 176 people named Sager.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Sager 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
335 people named Sager is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Sager in American newspapers,
1866–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,423,978 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sager,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abram Sager 1810–1877 · zoologist -
Hans Sager 1600– · painter
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Joseph Sager 1694–
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Otto Sager 1750–1815 · writer
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Jürgen Sager 1777–1854 · shipbuilder
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Ernst Sager 1788–1837 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sager.
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