Savant
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Savant is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
- INIndia1 in 1.2M(measured from records)
- EEEstonia≈1 in 234K
- ITItaly≈1 in 237K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 108 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 234K (inferred from the name graph)
1,190 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Savant 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,190 | 1 in 280K | 1.2K | Savant | 100 |
| IN India | 1,112 | 1 in 1.2M | 1.1K | Savant | 108 |
| IT Italy | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 237K | — | Savant | 2 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Savant | 12 |
| FR France | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 513K | 12 | — | 2 |
| CA Canada | ≈75 est. | ≈1 in 501K | 1 | Savant | 10 |
| EE Estonia | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 234K | listed | — | — |
1,190 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
Savant is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, alternative form of savynge
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, scholarly, scientific
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, scholar, scientist
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Breton, adj. quai., savant, pédant
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
In Romanian, SAVÁNT, -Ă, savanți, -te, adj., s. m. și f. 1. Adj., s. m. și f. (Persoană) cu cunoștințe vaste și temeinice, care creează în domeniul științei; erudit. 2. Adj. Care conține multă știință, care denotă știință sau, p. ext., artă, pricepere, măiestrie. Lucrare savantă.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
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)
- Marilyn vos Savantb. 1946USAmerican magazine columnist, author and lecturer
- Doug Savantb. 1964USactor
- Nicolas Savant-Airab. 1980FRFrench Paralympic table tennis player
- Sudha SavantUScommercial product manager at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #21,445 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,842 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 1.1K | #5,059 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #22,274 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 151 | #673 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 6 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Savant mean, and where does it come from?
- A person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Savant have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Savant, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled savant.
- How common is the name Savant?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,190 people named Savant in 2010, about 1 in 280 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/savantThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Savant”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.