Last Name SAGE

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Meaning	Nickname: The sage, the wise, the sagacious. Naturally an acceptable sobriquet, and likely to be handed down.

Origin	English, Jewish, Japanese, Irish, Falkland, Belgian

Rank	3,109 (2000 US census)	3,241 (1990 US census)

Count	10,691 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.12%, or 9742 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.57%, or 168 total occurrences, as black,
0.62%, or 66 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
3.26%, or 349 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.58%, or 169 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.84%, or 197 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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