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    The surname Sanson

    A surname, carried by 2,376 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S525

    Sanson: #12,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sanson #12,931, 2,376 people Sanson: #12,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sanson #12,931, 2,376 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sanson is more common than 92% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,376 people named Sanson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,943 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,087.

    #12,931
    rank among US surnames
    2,376
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,386)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,927Riggleman2,378129,834
    #12,929Hause2,377129,889
    #12,931Sanson2,376129,943
    #12,935Marden2,375129,998

    Who is named Sanson

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

    71% of people named Sanson identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sanson

    Sanson has the Soundex code S525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S525.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sanson?
    2,376 people in the United States had the surname Sanson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,943 Americans. It ranked 12,931st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sanson?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Sanson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Sanson getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,376 in 2010, up 14%.