The Sasser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,272 people carried this name — #4,845 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,029 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

23 people named Sasser is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 23

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

Sasser in American newspapers,
1898–1925.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Sasser
The Montgomery Advertiser 1925-02-28
Newspaper page from Kansas City Journal carrying the name Sasser
Kansas City Journal 1898-09-02
Newspaper page from Kansas City Journal carrying the name Sasser
Kansas City Journal 1898-09-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 180,366 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sasser in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

93 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sasser. The most, 41, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 53
Victoria 19
Queensland 15
ACT (Canberra) 3
Western Australia 2
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Sasser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jim Sasser
    Jim Sasser 1936–2024 · lawyer
  • Clarence Sasser
    Clarence Sasser 1947–2024 · combat medic

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sasser,
in the records of 3 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 States381 records

381 records of the Sasser name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 256
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 88
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • 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 Edward L. Sasser

    Born 1924 in Alabama. Enlisted 1945 at Fort McClellan; farmer from Escambia County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Atmore, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George Frederick Sasser

    Born 1939; from Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. Air Force; killed in action 1972 in Laos. Buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carl Sasser

    Arrived at New York in 1887 aboard the Werra from Bremen and Southampton, aged 17; butcher. From Achim, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 381 records for Sasser in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany12 records

12 records of the Sasser 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 Jacob Sasser

    From Heimersheim. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 20 February 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 118).

    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 Jakob Sasser

    From Heimersheim, Alzey. Listed as returned from captivity in the Prussian casualty list of 7 January 1918.

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

Showing 2 of 12 records for Sasser 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).

Netherlands7 records

7 records of the Sasser name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  • Dutch population registers 2
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Sasser

    Married in 1815 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Marichgen Sasser

    Buried in 1628 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Caetjen Sasser

    Baptised in 1693 in Steenbergen.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Sasser in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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