The Sanabria surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,026 people carried this name — #3,945 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,700 people counted. That is up 37% from 6,566 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 30,115 people named Sanabria 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
51 people named Sanabria live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 print
Sanabria in American newspapers,
1879–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,106 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sanabria,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolas Sanabria 1889–1945 · businessperson
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Edgar Sanabria 1911–1989 · lawyer
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Hernando Sanabria Fernández 1913–1986 · teacher
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Hernando Sanabria Fernández 1913–1968 · teacher
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Héctor Sanabria 1945–2024 · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Sanabria,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States131 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 49
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 41
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 28
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Jose A. SanabriaBorn 1904 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; construction laborer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Victor Jose SanabriaU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1941, died 1995; buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Puerto Rico.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Eutimia A. SanabriaBorn 1876 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in El Paso, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 131 records for Sanabria in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France3 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Carmen SanabriaBorn 1914 in Spain; died 1997 in Spain.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Faustino SanabriaBorn 1953 in Spain; died 1993 in Bègles (Gironde).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marguerite SanabriaBorn 1903 in Spain; died 1994 in Fitou (Aude).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sanabria.
- Samuels 22,207 · U.S. census
- Samuelson 7,824 · U.S. census
- Samy 354 · U.S. census
- Samyn 167 · U.S. census
- San 2,732 · U.S. census
- Sana 596 · U.S. census
- Sananikone 369 · U.S. census
- Sanborn 10,025 · 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
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