How common is the surname Sansone?

5,270 people in the United States had the surname Sansone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,585 Americans. It ranked 6,444th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sansone?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sansone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sansone getting more or less common?

More common. 4,891 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,270 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Sansone

An Italian surname, carried by 5,270 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sansone is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Sansone, from Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן.

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 5,270 people named Sansone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,585 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,891.

#6,444

rank among US surnames

5,270

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,410)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,438	Suzuki	5,274	58,541
#6,440	Jamerson	5,273	58,552
#6,441	Paddock	5,272	58,563
#6,444	Sansone	5,270	58,585
#6,446	Corson	5,268	58,608

Who is named Sansone

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

94% of people named Sansone identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sansone

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sansone come from?: Borrowed from Italian Sansone, from Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן.
How common is the surname Sansone?: 5,270 people in the United States had the surname Sansone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,585 Americans. It ranked 6,444th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sansone?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sansone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sansone getting more or less common?: More common. 4,891 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,270 in 2010, up 7.7%.