Sagal

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/səɡəl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sagal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Segal.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 100K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 815K
  • CLChile≈1 in 37K

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)

≈1,100 people, est.

Sources
153 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Variant of Segal.

Sources 2

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sagal 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.

Where Sagal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈1,100 est.≈1 in 100K—Sagal24
CL Chile≈490 est.≈1 in 37K1——
US United States4081 in 815K437Sagal153
SO Somalia≈240 est.≈1 in 49K4—4
CA Canada≈110 est.≈1 in 352K1Sagal37
BO Bolivia≈61 est.≈1 in 190K—Sagal2

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Puntland PEC/TPEC local-council candidate lists; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sagal is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Chile, Mexico, Philippines, Ecuador

    Also written Sag-Al, Şağal, Sağal

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Sinhala

    Also written Şağal

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Saudi Arabia, United States, Türkiye

    Also written Şağal, Şagal

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sagal is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Filipino, slowness due to some obstacle or hindrance; sluggishness

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Catalan, shepherd boy

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In mqs, to walk

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Oromo, nine

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Daniil Sagal, b. 1909Boris Sagal, b. 1923Katey Sagal, b. 1954Joey Sagal, b. 1957Jean Sagal, b. 1961Peter Sagal, b. 1965Liz Sagal, b. 1967Nino Rojas, b. 1987
  • Daniil Sagalb. 1909RUSoviet actor (1909–2002)
  • Boris Sagalb. 1923USAmerican director, television producer (1923–1981)
  • Katey Sagalb. 1954USAmerican actress (born 1954)
  • Joey Sagalb. 1957USAmerican actor
  • Jean Sagalb. 1961USAmerican actress
  • Peter Sagalb. 1965USNPR personality, host of "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" (born 1965)
  • Liz Sagalb. 1967USAmerican actress and writer
  • Nino Rojasb. 1987CLnot in their usual nameChilean association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Sagal,
InformalHi Sagal,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 41 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Sagal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020437#51,462
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010408#51,066
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000313#60,230
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sagal mean, and where does it come from?
Variant of Segal. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
How do you pronounce Sagal?
A machine transcription gives /səɡəl/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Sagal have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Sagal in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sagal.
How common is the name Sagal?
In the United States, the national register counted 408 people named Sagal in 2010, about 1 in 815 thousand residents.

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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, “Sagal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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