The Sayer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,649 people carried this name — #11,012 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 248 people named Sayer.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Vosges.
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
20 people named Sayer live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sayer.
- Say 2,138 · U.S. census
- Sayad 238 · U.S. census
- Sayah 204 · U.S. census
- Saye 1,066 · U.S. census
- Sayegh 1,411 · U.S. census
- Sayen 273 · U.S. census
- Sbarra 367 · U.S. census
- Scaglia 153 · U.S. census
- Scaglione 1,948 · U.S. census
- Scala 3,261 · U.S. census
- Scalabrino 121 · U.S. census
- Scali 708 · U.S. census
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