The Saenz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 33,787 people carried this name — #1,029 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,730 people counted. That is up 24% from 27,211 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,103 people named Saenz live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
59 people named Saenz live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Saenz.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Gironde.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Saenz in American newspapers,
1892–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saenz.
- Sadik 708 · U.S. census
- Sadler 21,504 · U.S. census
- Sadowski 5,965 · U.S. census
- Sady 276 · U.S. census
- Saelens 286 · U.S. census
- Saenger 391 · U.S. census
- Saez 3,745 · U.S. census
- Safar 764 · U.S. census
- Saffer 950 · U.S. census
- Safi 1,626 · U.S. census
- Safir 325 · U.S. census
- Sagan 1,193 · U.S. census
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