The Sarr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 887 people carried this name — #27,260 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 70% from 521 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 230 people named Sarr 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 214 people named Sarr.
Most of them — 169 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
139 people named Sarr live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 67 people named Sarr 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
176 people named Sarr are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Sarr in American newspapers,
1850–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,631 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sarr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Théodore-Adrien Sarr 1936– · Catholic priest -
Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr 1950– · politician -
Alioune Sarr 1955– · politician -
Abdourahmane Sarr 1968– · politician -
Felwine Sarr 1972– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 74 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sarr.
- Sarian 409 · U.S. census
- Saris 241 · U.S. census
- Sarkis 1,190 · U.S. census
- Sarkissian 1,443 · U.S. census
- Sarmiento 13,710 · U.S. census
- Saron 100 · U.S. census
- Sarra 560 · U.S. census
- Sarradet 109 · U.S. census
- Sarran 231 · U.S. census
- Sarrasin 138 · U.S. census
- Sarrazin 470 · U.S. census
- Sarter 182 · U.S. census
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