The Sanborn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,025 people carried this name — #3,558 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 9,750 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

44 people named Sanborn is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 44

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 the first U.S. census, 1790

219 families named Sanborn, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 1,206 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 10 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New Hampshire 179
Maine 28
Vermont 7
New York 3
Massachusetts 1
Connecticut 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 260 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Sanborn in American newspapers,
1874–1922.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Sanborn
The Washington Times 1922-07-09
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Sanborn
New-york Tribune 1874-04-07
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Sanborn
The New York Herald 1874-04-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Sanborn in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1940s.

237 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sanborn. The most, 54, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 93
Victoria 58
South Australia 33
Queensland 24
Tasmania 13
Western Australia 11
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sanborn.

Who carried it

People named Sanborn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Sanborn
    John Sanborn 1799–1881 · politician
  • Edwin David Sanborn
    Edwin David Sanborn 1808–1885 · politician
  • George Sanborn
    George Sanborn 1816–1881 · politician
  • John Sewell Sanborn
    John Sewell Sanborn 1819–1877 · judge
  • William Sanborn 1622–1692
  • Mary Sanborn 1645–1733

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sanborn,
in the records of 3 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 States817 records

817 records of the Sanborn name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 395
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 160
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 149
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 60
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 37
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George O. Sanborn

    Born 1916 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; driver from Bronx County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Susie L. Sanborn

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the City of Paris from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 30; student. From England; bound for Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John L. Sanborn

    Born 1932; from Laconia, New Hampshire. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 817 records for Sanborn in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada24 records

24 records of the Sanborn name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 11
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert William Sanborn

    Buried in 1962 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 56.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Annie Gavel Sanborn

    Died 1946 in Woodside, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Maland Francis Sanborn

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 24 records for Sanborn in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Sanborn name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record J. D. Sanborn

    Arrived in Victoria in 1864 aboard the Hero, aged 36.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record H. C. Sanborn

    Arrived in Victoria in 1922 aboard the Berrima, aged 39.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record A. S. Sanborn

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Tarolinta; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Sanborn in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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