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    The surname Sanabria

    A surname, carried by 9,026 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex S516

    Sanabria: #3,945 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sanabria #3,945, 9,026 people Sanabria: #3,945 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sanabria #3,945, 9,026 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sanabria is more common than 97.6% of them.

    Origin

    * Fernández de Prada aludes to Celtic origin Senabriga: sena- (mount) + -brigā (fortress).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,026 people named Sanabria in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,206 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,566.

    #3,945
    rank among US surnames
    9,026
    people in 2010
    3.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.5%
    change since 2000 (was #4,917)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,936Nunley9,04634,131
    #3,937Jonas9,04334,142
    #3,939Belton9,04134,149
    #3,940Barnhill9,04034,153
    #3,942Moreira9,03734,165
    #3,943Moreau9,03534,172
    #3,944Halstead9,02734,202

    Who is named Sanabria

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

    93% of people named Sanabria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Sanabrias

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mateo Sanabria
      Argentine footballer, born 2004

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sanabria

    Sanabria has the Soundex code S516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S516.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sanabria come from?
    * Fernández de Prada aludes to Celtic origin Senabriga: sena- (mount) + -brigā (fortress).
    How common is the surname Sanabria?
    9,026 people in the United States had the surname Sanabria in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,206 Americans. It ranked 3,945th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sanabria?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sanabria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sanabria?
    Mateo Sanabria, Argentine footballer.
    Where is the surname Sanabria most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sanabria in Argentina.
    Is the surname Sanabria getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,026 in 2010, up 38%.