The Sather surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,838 people carried this name — #8,581 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,600 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

157 people named Sather is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 157

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

Sather in American newspapers,
1910–1921.

Newspaper page from The Madison Daily Leader carrying the name Sather
The Madison Daily Leader 1910-08-09
Newspaper page from The Sisseton Weekly Standard carrying the name Sather
The Sisseton Weekly Standard 1921-04-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,494 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sather in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

93 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sather. The most, 19, date from the 1880s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 31
Victoria 25
Queensland 13
South Australia 9
Western Australia 8
Tasmania 4

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

Who carried it

People named Sather,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ragnvald Sæther
    Ragnvald Sæther 1885–1976 · athletics competitor
  • Josephine Frederikke Sather 1845–1915
  • Larry Sather 1940–2022 · politician
  • Michael Sather 1948–2026 · politician
  • Drake Sather 1959–2004 · screenwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 18 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sather,
in the records of 6 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 States359 records

359 records of the Sather name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 117
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 99
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 95
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard Christian Sather

    Born 1938; from Pomona, California. U.S. Navy, pilot; killed in action 1964 in North Vietnam. Buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John E. Sather

    Born 1923 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Snelling; driver from Hennepin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (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 Theobald Sather

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Marmion from Havre, aged 27; soldier. From Baden, Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 359 records for Sather in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada11 records

11 records of the Sather name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Simon Sather

    Lost in the sinking of the Titanic, 1912, aged 30; a third-class passenger. Body recovered and buried at Halifax.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Casper Sather

    Buried in 1968 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 69.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Oscar Sather

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 11 records for Sather in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Sather name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record E. D. Sather

    Seaman aboard the Orange Branch, Queensland in 1903.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Sather in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Sather 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 Otto Sather

    From Hohnstädt, Grimma. Reported wounded in the Saxon casualty list of 8 January 1919 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 106).

    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 Rudolf Sather

    From Glamslack, Pr.-Eylau. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 27 January 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 3).

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

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).

France1 record

1 record of the Sather name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Carl Fredrik Sather

    Born 1914 in Norway; died 1989 in Digne-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Sather name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Geesje H. Sather

    In the population register of Apeldoorn; born 1892 in Haaften.

    Open Archives, CODA (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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