See also: SAX, sax, and Sax. English Etymology From the German surname, spelling variant of Sachs. Proper noun Sax (plural Saxes) A surname. Derived terms saxsaxophone Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Sax is the 16958th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1676 individuals. Sax is most common among White (90.99%) individuals. Further reading Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sax”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Anagrams ASX, XAS French Etymology German surname, spelling variant of Sachs. Proper noun Sax m or f by sense Sax: a surname from German Derived terms saxsaxosaxophoneWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.