Find out how popular the last name Sabourin is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Sabourin.

Sabourin, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Sabourin surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Sabourin in America

Sabourin is the 17896th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Sabourin surname appeared 1,562 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Sabourin.

We can also compare 2010 data for Sabourin to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Sabourin

The surname Sabourin originated in France during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Old French word "sabourin," which referred to a type of small drum or tambourine used in medieval music and dance. The name likely emerged as a descriptive nickname for someone who played this instrument or was associated with it in some way.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Sabourin name can be found in the 13th-century cartulary (collection of charters) of the Abbey of Saint-Père in Chartres, France. This document mentions a certain "Hugues Sabourin" who was a resident of the nearby village of Cormainville.

In the 14th century, the name appears in various tax rolls and legal documents from the regions of Normandy and Île-de-France. For example, a "Jehan Sabourin" is listed among the residents of the village of Évreux in the Normandy Subsidy Roll of 1384.

During the Renaissance period, the Sabourin family seems to have been particularly concentrated in and around the city of Rouen in Normandy. A notable bearer of the name from this era was Pierre Sabourin (c. 1490 - c. 1560), a wealthy merchant and alderman who served as the mayor of Rouen in 1549.

In the 17th century, the Sabourin name spread to other parts of France, including the southwestern region of Gascony. A man named Jean Sabourin (1622 - 1696) from the town of Miradoux in Gascony achieved some fame as a poet and playwright whose works were performed in Paris.

Another notable Sabourin from the 17th century was Étienne Sabourin (1631 - 1703), a French Jesuit missionary who traveled to what is now Quebec, Canada, in 1675. He spent several years living among and evangelizing to the Algonquin and Huron Indigenous peoples there.

As the Sabourin family continued to grow and disperse across France over the centuries, some branches adopted slight variations in the spelling, such as Sabourin, Sabourent, or Sabouret. However, the core form of Sabourin remained the most common spelling throughout most of the name's history.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Sabourin

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Sabourin.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Sabourin was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Sabourin has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Sabourin was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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