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The surname Sanjuan

A surname, carried by 4,232 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S525

Sanjuan: #7,825 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sanjuan #7,825, 4,232 people Sanjuan: #7,825 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sanjuan #7,825, 4,232 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sanjuan is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,232 people named Sanjuan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,955 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,812.

#7,825
rank among US surnames
4,232
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+50.5%
change since 2000 (was #10,473)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,816Huertas4,23572,903
#7,819Shouse4,23472,921
#7,821Powe4,23372,938
#7,825Sanjuan4,23272,955
#7,827Holston4,23172,972
#7,829Moise4,23072,989
#7,830Poynter4,22973,007

Who is named Sanjuan

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

66% of people named Sanjuan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 66%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 27%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Sanjuans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Olga San Juan
    American actress (1927–2009)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sanjuan

Sanjuan has the Soundex code S525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S525.

Questions

How common is the surname Sanjuan?
4,232 people in the United States had the surname Sanjuan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,955 Americans. It ranked 7,825th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sanjuan?
In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Sanjuan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Sanjuan?
Olga San Juan, American actress (1927–2009).
Where is the surname Sanjuan most common?
Wikidata records people named Sanjuan in the United States.
Is the surname Sanjuan getting more or less common?
More common. 2,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,232 in 2010, up 51%.