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    The surname Sansbury

    A surname, carried by 1,201 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S521

    Sansbury: #21,686 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sansbury #21,686, 1,201 people Sansbury: #21,686 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sansbury #21,686, 1,201 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sansbury is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,201 people named Sansbury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,074 Americans. That is down 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,272.

    #21,686
    rank among US surnames
    1,201
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,618)

    Who is named Sansbury

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

    68% of people named Sansbury identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sansbury

    Sansbury has the Soundex code S521, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S521.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sansbury?
    1,201 people in the United States had the surname Sansbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,074 Americans. It ranked 21,686th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sansbury?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Sansbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sansbury getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,201 in 2010, down 5.6%.