# Sainz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sainz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Basque or Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Basque |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,869 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,511 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 79,800 people |
| Change since 2000 | +24% (3,124 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sainz, itself of Basque origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sainz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 85% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sainz in Spain, Bolivia and Argentina.

## People named Sainz

- Renato Sáinz, Bolivian footballer (1899-1982)
- Alberto Sainz, Argentine footballer (1937–2016)
- Lolo Sainz, basketball coach
- Pedro Sainz Rodríguez, author and Minister of Education (1898–1986)

## Similar surnames

Saenz, Sanz, Sang, Schanz, Singh, Sims, Simms, Song, Sams, Shank, Shanks, Schenk.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.