The Sauvage surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 402 people carried this name — #51,723 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 16% from 346 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,201 people named Sauvage.
123 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 1,008 people named Sauvage 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 Hainaut.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 64 people named Sauvage 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Sauvage live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Sauvage,
with a public archive behind them.
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Piat Joseph Sauvage 1744–1818 · court painter -
Thomas Sauvage 1794–1877 · writer -
François Clément Sauvage 1814–1872 · engineer -
Denis Sauvage 1520–1587 · historian
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Norbert Sauvage 1668– · painter
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Jean Pierre Sauvage 1699–1780 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sauvage.
- Saura 183 · U.S. census
- Saure 126 · U.S. census
- Sauri 301 · U.S. census
- Sauser 676 · U.S. census
- Sauter 5,163 · U.S. census
- Sautter 1,826 · U.S. census
- Sauvain 128 · U.S. census
- Sauve 2,321 · U.S. census
- Sauveur 264 · U.S. census
- Sava 718 · U.S. census
- Savage 49,914 · U.S. census
- Saval 128 · U.S. census
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