The Sans surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 496 people carried this name — #41,382 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,628 people named Sans.
130 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Ariège.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Sans live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sans.
- Sanjuan 2,812 · U.S. census
- Sanmartin 1,456 · U.S. census
- Sanna 664 · U.S. census
- Sanne 221 · U.S. census
- Sanner 2,849 · U.S. census
- Sannino 142 · U.S. census
- Sansano 112 · U.S. census
- Sanson 2,087 · U.S. census
- Sansone 4,891 · U.S. census
- Sansonetti 251 · U.S. census
- Sansoni 215 · U.S. census
- Sansoucy 230 · U.S. census
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