The Sana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 596 people carried this name — #37,391 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 57% from 380 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 118 people named Sana.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often French Guiana.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 80 people named Sana live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 62 people named Sana 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 Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
40 people named Sana live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 the Nordic population registers
30 people named Sana is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Sana in American newspapers,
1901–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sana.
- Sampson 39,277 · U.S. census
- Samson 11,123 · U.S. census
- Samuel 23,125 · U.S. census
- Samy 354 · U.S. census
- Samyn 167 · U.S. census
- San 2,732 · U.S. census
- Sananikone 369 · U.S. census
- Sance 138 · U.S. census
- Sanche 184 · U.S. census
- Sanches 7,883 · U.S. census
- Sanchez 612,752 · U.S. census
- Sancho 1,186 · U.S. census
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