The Sayre surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,973 people carried this name — #4,449 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 8,133 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

40 families named Sayre, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 277 people lived in those households, 6.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New York 27
Massachusetts 5
Pennsylvania 4
New Hampshire 1
Connecticut 1
Virginia 1
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 260 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Sayre in American newspapers,
1913.

Newspaper page from Estancia News-herald carrying the name Sayre
Estancia News-herald 1913-11-27
Newspaper page from The Kenna Record carrying the name Sayre
The Kenna Record 1913-11-28
Newspaper page from Ladysmith News-budget carrying the name Sayre
Ladysmith News-budget 1913-11-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 113,339 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sayre in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

2,326 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sayre. The most, 768, date from the 1950s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 718
Queensland 582
Victoria 337
Western Australia 179
South Australia 175
Tasmania 115
ACT (Canberra) 32
Northern Territory 4

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

Who carried it

People named Sayre,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Austin Sayre
    David Austin Sayre 1793–1870 · banker
  • William Sayre 1503–1531
  • Job Sayre 1672–1755
  • John Sayre 1738–1784
  • Calvin Sayre 1755–1810
  • Esther Sayre 1763–1827

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sayre,
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 States693 records

693 records of the Sayre name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 322
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 166
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 96
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 63
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 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 Eugene E. Sayre

    Born 1918 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Huntington; farmer. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Charleston, West Virginia.

    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 Leslie Berkley Sayre

    Born 1944; from Fairborn, Ohio. U.S. Army, fixed wing aviation unit commander; killed in action 1968 in Chau Doc, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Sayre

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Kossuth from Liverpool, aged 25; farmer. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 693 records for Sayre in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Sayre name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Susannah Sayre

    Died 1865 in River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Roselinda Sayre

    Married 1909 in Port Medway, Queens, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William J. Sayre

    Married 1873 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Sayre in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Sayre name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Sayre

    Arrived in Victoria in 1862 aboard the Hydra, aged 39.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Sayre

    Sailed from Victoria in 1854 aboard the Gulnare, bound for Callao, aged 50.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record L. A. Sayre

    Arrived in Victoria in 1918 aboard the Cluny Castle, aged 4.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Sayre in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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