Explore the Family Name Saylors

The meaning of Saylors

English: variant of Saylor, with excrescent -s.

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

The popularity of the surname Saylors has shown a notable increase according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, Saylors was ranked the 17,582nd most popular surname, but by 2010 it had risen in rank to 16,060th, showing an 8.66% change. The actual number of people bearing the Saylors surname also increased during this period, with a count of 1,474 in 2000 increasing to 1,804 in 2010, marking a significant growth of 22.39%. As a proportion per 100,000 people, the occurrence of the surname Saylors grew from 0.55 to 0.61, indicating a 10.91% rise.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#17,582	#16,060	8.66%
Count	1,474	1,804	22.39%
Proportion per 100k	0.55	0.61	10.91%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Saylors

As for ethnic identity, the Saylors surname has been predominantly associated with those identifying as White, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, a substantial 95.86% of those with the surname identified as White and this figure remained high in 2010 at 94.90% although this represents a slight decrease of 1.00%. Other ethnic identities represented among those with the Saylors surname include Two or more races (increasing from 1.22% in 2000 to 1.55% in 2010), Hispanic (rising slightly from 1.63% in 2000 to 1.72% in 2010), and Black (decreasing marginally from 0.81% in 2000 to 0.78% in 2010). Both Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native identities were first recorded in 2010 at 0.50% and 0.55%, respectively, after being unrepresented or suppressed in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.86%	94.9%	-1%
Hispanic	1.63%	1.72%	5.52%
Two or More Races	1.22%	1.55%	27.05%
Black	0.81%	0.78%	-3.7%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.55%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.5%	0%