How common is the surname Sanna?

649 people in the United States had the surname Sanna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 475,725 Americans. It ranked 34,801st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sanna getting more or less common?

Less common. 664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 649 in 2010, down 2.3%.

Is Sanna also a first name?

Yes. Sanna is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Sanna

An Italian surname, carried by 649 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sanna is more common than 78.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

* 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”).

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 649 people named Sanna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 475,725 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 664.

#34,801

rank among US surnames

649

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #32,609)

Who is named Sanna

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

90% of people named Sanna identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
Two or more races 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sanna

Sanna has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sanna come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Sanna?: 649 people in the United States had the surname Sanna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 475,725 Americans. It ranked 34,801st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sanna?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Sanna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sanna getting more or less common?: Less common. 664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 649 in 2010, down 2.3%.
Is Sanna also a first name?: Yes. Sanna is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.