The Sastre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 677 people carried this name — #33,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 39% from 487 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sastre surname
A surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Taylor.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sastre» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,092 people named Sastre 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 377 people named Sastre.
128 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Essonne.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Sastre live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Sastre 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
Sastre in American newspapers,
1918–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,221 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sastre,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hernando Sastre 1500–1587 · military officer -
Marcos Sastre 1808–1887 · writer -
Marcos Sastre 1808–1887 · writer
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Ángel Sastre 1849–1934 · lawyer -
Josep Sastre i Prats 1700–1700 · politician
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Benjamín Sastre 1801– · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sastre.
When the index is not enough
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