The Sanna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 649 people carried this name — #34,801 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 2% from 664 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sanna surname
A surname from Sardinian.
Perhaps from Sardinian sanna (“fang, tusk”), nickname for someone with projecting teeth.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sanna» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 756 people named Sanna.
336 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 588 people named Sanna 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
196 people named Sanna live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 167 people named Sanna 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
51 people named Sanna 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
Sanna in American newspapers,
1888–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,036 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sanna,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Antonio Sanna 1807–1875 · politician -
Carlo Sanna 1859–1928 · politician -
Raffaele Sanna Randaccio 1896–1968 · politician -
Margherita Sanna 1904–1974 · politician -
Josep Sanna 1920–1988 · linguist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 101 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sanna.
- 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
- Sanne 221 · U.S. census
- Sanner 3,067 · U.S. census
- Sannino 158 · U.S. census
- Sans 508 · U.S. census
- Sansano 149 · U.S. census
- Sanson 2,376 · U.S. census
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