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Sachs Ranking

In the United States, the name Sachs is the 5,692nd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1


United States Sachs migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sachs Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johan Adam Sachs and Johann Jacob Sachs, both of whom arrived in Philadelphia in 1749
  • Johan Jacob Sachs, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 2
  • Daniel Sachs with his wife and children arrived in Philadelphia in 1751
  • Daniel Sachs, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1751 2
  • Joh Henrich Sachs, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1754 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Sachs Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Sophie Sachs, who arrived in North America in 1832-1849 2
  • Helene Sachs, aged 54, who landed in New York, NY in 1848 2
  • Samuel Sachs, aged 11, who landed in New York, NY in 1848 2
  • David Sachs, aged 61, who arrived in New York, NY in 1848 2
  • Johann Sachs, aged 24, who landed in New York, NY in 1848 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Sachs (post 1700) +

  • Stephen H. Sachs (1934-2022), American politician, 40th Attorney General of Maryland from 1979 to 1987
  • Eddie Sachs, American racecar driver
  • Curt Sachs (1881-1959), American music historian
  • Bernard Sachs (1858-1944), American neurologist
  • Nelly Sachs (b. 1891), American poet who received a Nobel Prize for literature in 1966
  • Robert Green Sachs (b. 1916), American professor of physics who won a Guggenheim fellowship in 1959
  • Andrew Sachs (1930-2016), British actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of Manuel in "Fawlty Towers", a role for which he was BAFTA-nominated
  • George Sachs (1896-1961), Russia-born German and US metallurgist
  • Erling Sachs Wicklund (b. 1944), Norwegian jazz musician, composer, arranger and journalist


Suggested Readings for the name Sachs +

  • Scattered Seeds: the Descendants of Rabbi Israel, on of the Martyrs of Rozanoi, who Perished on the Second Day of Rosh Hashanah 5420 by George I. Sackheim.
  • The Wernecke Family by Gretchen Ann Wernecke.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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