Sacar
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: Alternative form of saker (cannon)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Sacar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 365K(inferred from the name graph)
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 765K
- ATAustria≈1 in 1M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 18 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 365K (inferred from the name graph)
≈300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Saçar in AT Austria.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Sacar is a biblical Hebrew name for boys meaning "reward." The name belongs to a Levite who served faithfully as a temple gatekeeper, suggesting connotations of service and divine blessing.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
How Sacar is read(measured from records)
Sacar is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Turkish26%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Sacar in Turkish.
- English25%
Alternative form of saker (cannon).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- Spanish10%
to put out, to get out (e.g. a public statement, an APB, a release of media or entertainment)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French7.6%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Sacar in French.
- Hindi5.3%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Sacar in Hindi.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sacar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sacar is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Sacar is a biblical Hebrew name for boys meaning "reward." The name belongs to a Levite who served faithfully as a temple gatekeeper, suggesting connotations of service and divine blessing.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Sacar is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "reward" or "wages," possibly commemorating the blessings God bestowed upon his father's household.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
As a Levite gatekeeper, Sacar was part of the divinely appointed system for maintaining the sanctity and order of the temple, representing the importance of faithful service in a consecrated role. His family's blessing underscores the theme of divine favor upon those devoted to God.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 60 | #344 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 51 | #44,115 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Sacar come from?
- Sacar is a biblical Hebrew name for boys meaning "reward." The name belongs to a Levite who served faithfully as a temple gatekeeper, suggesting connotations of service and divine blessing. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What are other forms of the name Sacar?
- In the etymology graph, Seek is a form of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Sacar mean?
- In English, Alternative form of saker (cannon).
- In which country does Sacar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 299 people named Sacar in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sacar.
- How common is the name Sacar?
- In India, the national register counted 51 people named Sacar, about 1 in 26 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sacarThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sacar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.