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

Sause, 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 Sause surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Sause in America

Sause is the 67747th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Sause surname appeared 291 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 Sause.

We can also compare 2010 data for Sause 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 Sause

The surname Sause is believed to have originated in Germany, where it first appeared in the early 16th century. It is thought to be derived from the German word "saus," which means "a gush or rush of water." This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near a rapidly flowing stream or river.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Sause surname can be found in a church register from the town of Schmalkalden, located in the present-day state of Thuringia, Germany. The entry, dated 1523, mentions a "Hans Sause" who was likely a local resident.

In the 17th century, the name began to appear in various historical records across central and northern Europe. For example, a man named Johann Sause is listed as a member of the Fishmongers' Guild in the city of Hamburg, Germany, in 1648.

As the centuries passed, the Sause surname spread to other parts of the world, including the United States. One notable early American bearer of the name was Jacob Sause, a German immigrant who settled in Pennsylvania in the late 1700s and fought in the Revolutionary War.

Another significant figure in the history of the Sause name was Johann Christoph Sause, a German-born composer and organist who lived from 1663 to 1724. He is best known for his organ works and his contributions to the development of the fugue form.

In the 19th century, a man named Friedrich Sause made a name for himself as a pioneering German industrialist. Born in 1810, he founded a successful textile manufacturing company in the city of Chemnitz, which was then part of the Kingdom of Saxony.

Over the centuries, the spelling of the Sause surname has remained relatively consistent, though variations such as Sauce, Saus, and Sauss have also been documented in historical records. Despite its German origins, the name has since spread to various parts of the world, carried by immigrants and their descendants.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Sause

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

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

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