Explore the Family Name Sauce

The meaning of Sauce

1. Irish: variant of Sause, a surname of French origin, a cognate of 2 below. 2. French: topographic name from an old variant of saule (Old French saus) ‘willow’.

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How common is the last name Sauce in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Sauce has shown an increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Sauce was ranked as the 71,610th most common surname in the United States. By 2010, it had risen to the 59,470th position, marking a 16.95% growth in ranking. The count of individuals with this surname also increased by 33.86%, going from 254 people in 2000 to 340 in 2010. Moreover, the proportion of people with this surname per 100k population grew by 33.33%, from 0.09 in 2000 to 0.12 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#71,610	#59,470	16.95%
Count	254	340	33.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.12	33.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sauce

When discussing the ethnic identity associated with the surname Sauce, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some interesting changes between 2000 and 2010. In both years, no individuals with this surname were identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. The portion identifying as White decreased from 85.43% in 2000 to 70.59% in 2010, indicating a 17.37% drop. Those identifying as of Two or more races slightly declined from 1.97% in 2000 to 1.76% in 2010, a reduction of about 10.66%. However, there was a significant increase in the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic, which rose from 11.02% in 2000 to 25.88% in 2010, marking a remarkable 134.85% increase.

	2000	2010	Change
White	85.43%	70.59%	-17.37%
Hispanic	11.02%	25.88%	134.85%
Two or More Races	1.97%	1.76%	-10.66%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%