# Sanna (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sanna/  
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 Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 649 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,801 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 475,725 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.3% (664 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Italian surname, from Italian Sanna. * As a Dutch surname, reduced from Susanna. * As a Greek surname, spelling variant of Sannas, from σανός (sanós, “hay”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sanna 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

Sain, San, Sano, Sane, Senna, Sani, Swann, Sama, Sweeney, Snow, Sheehan, Swain.

## 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.