Say

6,206 people in the United States were counted with the surname Say in the 2020 census, making it the 5,430th most common in the country. That is about one person in 48,200.

By the numbers

People: 6,206
Rank: 5,430th
How common: 1 in 48,200
Per 100,000: 2.1

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Say described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 61.8%
White, not Hispanic 23.5%
Hispanic or Latino 9.4%
Black, not Hispanic 3.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Say

Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832)French economist and businessman
Thomas Say (1787–1834)American naturalist
Fazıl Say (born 1970)Turkish composer and pianist
Léon Say (1826–1896)French politician

People named Say with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Say

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.