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    The surname Sano

    A Japanese surname, carried by 1,672 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S500

    Sano: #16,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sano #16,993, 1,672 people Sano: #16,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sano #16,993, 1,672 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sano is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 佐野 (Sano).

    One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,672 people named Sano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,656 Americans. That is up 80% since 2000, when the Census counted 928.

    #16,993
    rank among US surnames
    1,672
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +80.2%
    change since 2000 (was #25,076)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,984Arita1,673184,546
    #16,993Rodger1,672184,656

    Who is named Sano

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

    44% of people named Sano identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Two or more races 4.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sano

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

    Other Japanese surnames

    All 123 Japanese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sano come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 佐野 (Sano).
    How common is the surname Sano?
    1,672 people in the United States had the surname Sano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,656 Americans. It ranked 16,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sano?
    In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Sano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Sano getting more or less common?
    More common. 928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,672 in 2010, up 80%.