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    The surname Sanon

    A surname, carried by 2,943 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S550

    Sanon: #10,822 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sanon #10,822, 2,943 people Sanon: #10,822 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sanon #10,822, 2,943 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sanon is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,943 people named Sanon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,908 Americans. That is up 75% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,681.

    #10,822
    rank among US surnames
    2,943
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +75.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,889)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,815Kloss2,945104,837
    #10,819Oldenburg2,944104,873
    #10,822Sanon2,943104,908
    #10,826Barillas2,942104,944
    #10,829Nault2,941104,980

    Who is named Sanon

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

    83% of people named Sanon identified as Black (not Hispanic), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Sanon

    Sanon has the Soundex code S550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sanon?
    2,943 people in the United States had the surname Sanon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,908 Americans. It ranked 10,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sanon?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Sanon identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sanon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,681 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,943 in 2010, up 75%.