The Sane surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,061 people carried this name — #23,817 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is up 49% from 714 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 124 people named Sane.
Most of them — 94 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Sane 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 29 people named Sane 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.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Sane 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 the Nordic population registers
81 people named Sane are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Sane in American newspapers,
1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 748,961 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sane,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tidiane Sane 1985– · association football player -
Geeta Sane 1907–1991 · writer
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Narayan Sane 1909–2002 · cricket umpire
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Wasuderao Sane 1914–1991 · cricket umpire
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Hema Sane 1940–2025 · writer
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Sanjeev Sane 1957–2022 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 17 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sane.
- Sandra 247 · U.S. census
- Sandras 118 · U.S. census
- Sandre 159 · U.S. census
- Sandres 222 · U.S. census
- Sandri 338 · U.S. census
- Sandt 898 · U.S. census
- Sanfilippo 4,173 · U.S. census
- Sanfratello 364 · U.S. census
- Sangalli 214 · U.S. census
- Sangare 401 · U.S. census
- Sangiovanni 428 · U.S. census
- Sango 227 · U.S. census
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