How common is the surname Sainsbury?

800 people in the United States had the surname Sainsbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 385,932 Americans. It ranked 29,502nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sainsbury?

Trent Sainsbury, Australian association football player, followed by Amber Sainsbury.

Where is the surname Sainsbury most common?

Wikidata records people named Sainsbury in Australia and New Zealand.

Is the surname Sainsbury getting more or less common?

More common. 747 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 800 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Sainsbury

An English place surname, carried by 800 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S521

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sainsbury is more common than 81.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from the village of Saintbury, in Gloucestershire, recorded in the 12ᵗʰ century as Seynesbury, from the Old English personal name Sǣwine + byriġ (“fortified place”).

Sainsbury is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 800 people named Sainsbury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 385,932 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 747.

#29,502

rank among US surnames

800

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #29,728)

Who is named Sainsbury

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

93% of people named Sainsbury identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sainsburys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Trent Sainsbury
Australian association football player, born 1992
Amber Sainsbury
British actress, born 1978

Notable Sainsburys come mostly from Australia (1) and New Zealand (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sainsbury

Sansbury

Sainsbury has the Soundex code S521, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S521.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Sainsbury come from?: Habitational surname from the village of Saintbury, in Gloucestershire, recorded in the 12ᵗʰ century as Seynesbury, from the Old English personal name Sǣwine + byriġ (“fortified place”).
How common is the surname Sainsbury?: 800 people in the United States had the surname Sainsbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 385,932 Americans. It ranked 29,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sainsbury?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sainsbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sainsbury?: Trent Sainsbury, Australian association football player, followed by Amber Sainsbury.
Where is the surname Sainsbury most common?: Wikidata records people named Sainsbury in Australia and New Zealand.
What type of surname is Sainsbury?: Sainsbury is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Sainsbury getting more or less common?: More common. 747 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 800 in 2010, up 7.1%.