The Sangare surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 401 people carried this name — #51,830 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 246% from 116 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 216 people named Sangare.
Most of them — 160 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 91 people named Sangare 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
50 people named Sangare 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 the Nordic population registers
22 people named Sangare 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
Sangare in American newspapers,
1880–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 766 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sangare,
with a public archive behind them.
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Omar Sangare 1970– · actor -
Yohann Sangare 1983– · basketball player -
Fatoumata Sangare 1981– · basketball player
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Aïchatou Sangare 1981– · basketball player
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Nene Sangare 1990– · basketball player
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Amadou Sangare 1993– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 13 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sangare.
- Sandri 338 · U.S. census
- Sandt 898 · U.S. census
- Sane 1,061 · U.S. census
- Sanfilippo 4,173 · U.S. census
- Sanfratello 364 · U.S. census
- Sangalli 214 · U.S. census
- Sangiovanni 428 · U.S. census
- Sango 227 · U.S. census
- Sanguinetti 788 · U.S. census
- Sani 529 · U.S. census
- Sanjuan 4,232 · U.S. census
- Sanmartin 2,121 · U.S. census
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