The Sar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,091 people carried this name — #23,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 24% from 877 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sar surname
From Khmer ស (sɑɑ) or Khmer សរ (sɑɑ).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sar» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
521 people named Sar have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 551 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 349 people named Sar 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 137 people named Sar.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
49 people named Sar live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Sar in American newspapers,
1844–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 865,859 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marley Sar 2008– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sar.
- Sapia 533 · U.S. census
- Sapin 174 · U.S. census
- Sapone 386 · U.S. census
- Saporito 1,452 · U.S. census
- Saporta 135 · U.S. census
- Sappe 171 · U.S. census
- Sara 1,064 · U.S. census
- Saracco 527 · U.S. census
- Saracino 846 · U.S. census
- Sarafian 410 · U.S. census
- Saraiva 677 · U.S. census
- Sarasin 392 · U.S. census
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