Sawyer Family History

Sawyer Surname Meaning

English: occupational name for someone who earned his living by sawing wood from Middle English sauer(e) sauw(i)er also sagh(i)er sag(i)er ‘sawyer’ a derivative of Old English sagu ‘saw’.

Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname or translation into English of Jewish Seger or some other surname meaning ‘sawyer’ e.g. German Sager and Slovenian Žagar (see Zagar).

In some cases also an Americanized form of French Séguin (see Seguin).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Sayer, Mawyer, Hawker, Saeger, Sadler, Lawyer, Mayer, Sauter, Seyer, Salber

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59K	Military Records
31K	Immigration Records
386K	Census and Voter Lists
1M	Member Trees

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Where is the Sawyer family from?

You can see how Sawyer families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Sawyer family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Sawyer families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 230 Sawyer families living in Ontario. This was about 42% of all the recorded Sawyer's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Sawyer families in 1911.

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What did your Sawyer ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Farmer and Farmer were the top reported jobs for men and women in the Canada named Sawyer. 40% of Sawyer men worked as a Farmer and 16% of Sawyer women worked as a Farmer. Some less common occupations for Americans named Sawyer were Engineer and Stenographer.

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Farmer

40%

Labourer

10%

Laborer

Engineer

Farmer

16%

Income

14%

Housekeeper

14%

Stenographer

11%

What Sawyer family records will you find?

Census Record

There are 386K census records available for the last name Sawyer. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Sawyer census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger List

There are 31K immigration records available for the last name Sawyer. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Military Records

There are 59K military records available for the last name Sawyer. For the veterans among your Sawyer ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Sawyer lifespan?

Between 1941 and 2004, in the United States, Sawyer life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1944, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Sawyer in 1941 was 35, and 75 in 2004.

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Sawyer Surname Meaning

In some cases also an Americanized form of French Séguin (see Seguin).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Sawyer family from?

What did your Sawyer ancestors do for a living?

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Farmer

40%

Labourer

10%

Laborer

Engineer

Farmer

16%

Income

14%

Housekeeper

14%

Stenographer

11%

What Sawyer family records will you find?

What is the average Sawyer lifespan?

Between 1941 and 2004, in the United States, Sawyer life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1944, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Sawyer in 1941 was 35, and 75 in 2004.

Sawyer Family History

Sawyer Surname Meaning

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Sawyer Surname Meaning

2 million record(s) for Sawyer

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Where is the Sawyer family from?

What did your Sawyer ancestors do for a living?

Top Male Occupations In 1921

Top Female Occupations In 1921

What Sawyer family records will you find?

Census Record

Passenger List

Military Records

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What is the average Sawyer lifespan?

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