The Sanson surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,376 people carried this name — #12,931 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 123,500 people counted. That is up 14% from 2,087 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,014 people named Sanson.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 244 people named Sanson 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
43 people named Sanson live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 print
Sanson in American newspapers,
1876–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,946 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sanson,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolas Sanson 1600–1667 · historian -
Charles-Henri Sanson 1739–1806 · physician -
Louis Joseph Sanson 1790–1842 · surgeon -
Jacques Sanson 1596–1665 · local historian
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Nicolas Sanson 1625–1648 · geographer
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Guillaume Sanson 1633–1703 · geographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sanson.
- Sanna 649 · 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
- Sansone 5,270 · U.S. census
- Sansonetti 275 · U.S. census
- Sansoni 162 · U.S. census
- Sansoucy 224 · U.S. census
- Sant 1,441 · U.S. census
- Santa 2,738 · U.S. census
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