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Early Origins of the Saba family

The surname Saba was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia), the largest city and the capital of Emilia-Romagna Region. The famous University of Bolgna was founded in the 11th century, by the 13th century the student body was nearly 10,000. Dante and Petrarch studied there. Tisso was tried there for 1564 for writing satirical poems. Bologna naturally, is famous for its sausages. But many noted scholars were born there. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time was in itself a family honor. The name was first recorded in 1228 when the family were prominent in the Government of Bologna.

Early History of the Saba family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Saba research. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1364, 1487, 1530, 1577, 1597, 1600, 1622, 1650, 1657, 1662, 1683, 1703, 1724 and 1734 are included under the topic Early Saba History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Saba Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sabbatini, Sabbadini, Sabatini, Sabattini, Sabbatinni, Sabatino, Sabadini, Sabatelli, Sabato and many more.

Early Notables of the Saba family

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Saba Ranking

In the United States, the name Saba is the 11,457th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]


United States Saba migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Saba Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Martin Saba, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1847 [2]
  • Antonio Saba, who arrived in New York sometime between 1884 and 1915
Saba Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Mary Saba, who settled in North Dakota in 1903
  • Charles Saba, who settled in Arkansas in 1918

West Indies Saba migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. [3]
Saba Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century
  • Hernando Saba, who settled in Cuba in 1555

Contemporary Notables of the name Saba (post 1700) +

  • Saba S. Mohammed, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate in primary for Mayor of Gary, Indiana, 2011 [4]


  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)
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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