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Early Origins of the Sarrazin family

The surname Sarrazin was first found in Brittany, where they held a family seat from early times.

Early History of the Sarrazin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sarrazin research. Another 138 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1588, 1600, 1605, 1611, 1654, 1659, 1660, 1700, 1734, 1770 and 1792 are included under the topic Early Sarrazin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sarrazin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sarazin, Sarazins, Sarazain, Sarazaint, Sarazaein, Sarasin, Sarasins, Sarasain, Sarasaint, Sarasaein, Sarrazin, Sarrazain, Sarrazaint, Sarrazaein, Sarrasin, Sarrasins, Sarrasain, Sarrasaint and many more.

Early Notables of the Sarrazin family

Notable amongst this name at this time was

  • Count Gilbert Sarrazin

Sarrazin Ranking

In Quebec, Canada, the name Sarrazin is the 489th most popular surname. 1 However, in France, the name Sarrazin is ranked the 639th most popular surname with an estimated 7,400 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Sarrazin family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Josefine Sarasin, aged 20; settled in Texas in 1848; Louis Sarasin, aged 22; settled in Texas in 1848; Henrietta Sarazin, aged 20; settled in Louisiana in 1820.


Contemporary Notables of the name Sarrazin (post 1700) +

  • Jean Sarrazin, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
  • Stéphane Jean-Marc Sarrazin (b. 1975), French professional racing driver
  • Albertine Sarrazin (1937-1967), French author, best known for her semi-autobiographical novel L'Astragale
  • Thilo Sarrazin (b. 1945), German politician, writer, and former member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank
  • Kim Sarrazin (b. 1977), Canadian softball designated player at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  • Richard Andre "Dick" Sarrazin (b. 1946), Canadian retired professional NHL and WHA ice hockey player who played from 1966 to 1976
  • Michael Sarrazin (1940-2011), Canadian actor best known for his role opposite Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?


  1. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, September 11) Jean Sarrazin. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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