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

Sagendorf, 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 Sagendorf surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Sagendorf in America

Sagendorf is the 68949th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Sagendorf surname appeared 285 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Sagendorf.

We can also compare 2010 data for Sagendorf 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 Sagendorf

The surname Sagendorf originates from the German regions and can be traced back to the 16th century. It is believed to be derived from the Middle High German words "sagen" meaning "to say" and "dorf" meaning "village", suggesting that the name may have referred to a person who was a town crier or messenger in a village.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Sagendorf can be found in the parish records of the town of Erfurt, in present-day Thuringia, Germany, dating back to 1578. The name was also documented in the Kirchenbücher (church records) of the nearby villages of Gotha and Mühlhausen during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

In the 17th century, a prominent figure bearing the name Sagendorf was Johann Sagendorf (1615-1688), a Lutheran theologian and author from Saxony. His work "De Synodis Evangelicis" (On Evangelical Synods) was published in 1672 and remains an important reference on the history of Protestant church councils.

During the 18th century, the name Sagendorf gained a foothold in the Palatinate region of Germany, with records showing families with this surname residing in the towns of Speyer and Heidelberg. Notable individuals from this period include the composer and organist Christian Sagendorf (1738-1802), who served as the court musician to the Prince-Elector of Bavaria.

As German immigration to North America increased in the 19th century, the Sagendorf name began to appear in various regions of the United States and Canada. One of the earliest American references to the name is found in the records of the German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Philadelphia, where a Johann Sagendorf is listed as a member in 1820.

Other notable bearers of the Sagendorf surname include the German-American artist and illustrator Harry Sagendorf (1915-1994), best known for creating the comic strip character Popeye the Sailor, and the American physicist and author Bette Lu Sagendorf (1923-2011), whose work on nuclear physics and science communication earned her numerous accolades.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Sagendorf

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

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 Sagendorf 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 Sagendorf 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 Sagendorf was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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