How common is the surname Saenz?

33,787 people in the United States had the surname Saenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,138 Americans. It ranked 1,029th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Saenz?

Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentine politician, president of Argentina (1851-1914), followed by Fernando Sáenz Lacalle.

Where is the surname Saenz most common?

Wikidata records people named Saenz in Argentina, Spain and Bolivia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Saenz getting more or less common?

More common. 27,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,787 in 2010, up 24%.

The surname Saenz

A Spanish surname, carried by 33,787 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saenz is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,787 people named Saenz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,138 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,211.

#1,029

rank among US surnames

33,787

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+24.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,182)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,020	Hooper	34,247	9,015
#1,021	Hays	34,191	9,030
#1,022	Joyce	34,132	9,046
#1,023	McKnight	34,055	9,066
#1,024	Gamble	34,005	9,079
#1,025	Downs	33,922	9,102
#1,026	Pierre	33,913	9,104

Who is named Saenz

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Saenz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.4% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
White (not Hispanic) 7.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Saenzs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roque Sáenz Peña
Argentine politician, president of Argentina (1851-1914)
Fernando Sáenz Lacalle
Archbishop of San Salvador (1932–2022)
Jaime Sáenz
Bolivian writer (1921–1986)
Ralph Saenz
American musician, born 1965

Notable Saenzs come mostly from Argentina (1), Spain (1) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saenz

Saenz has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Saenz come from?: Saenz is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Saenz?: 33,787 people in the United States had the surname Saenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,138 Americans. It ranked 1,029th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saenz?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Saenz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Saenz?: Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentine politician, president of Argentina (1851-1914), followed by Fernando Sáenz Lacalle.
Where is the surname Saenz most common?: Wikidata records people named Saenz in Argentina, Spain and Bolivia and 1 other country.
Is the surname Saenz getting more or less common?: More common. 27,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,787 in 2010, up 24%.