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The Sanz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,847 people carried this name — #15,777 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 22% from 1,518 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 5,787 people named Sanz 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,464
City of Buenos Aires 820
Córdoba 474
Santa Fe 262
Mendoza 249
San Juan 233
Formosa 232
Chubut 138

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,148 people named Sanz.

440 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Gironde.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 440
Gironde 80
Hérault 80
Aude 53
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 50
Paris 50
Haute-Garonne 46
Bouches-du-Rhône 32
Pyrénées-Orientales 26

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

230 people named Sanz live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 41
Zurich 32
Bern 27
Vaud 26
Lucerne 18
Solothurn 15
Valais 14
Ticino 11

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

Sanz in American newspapers,
1900–1960.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Sanz
The San Francisco Call 1900-04-22
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Sanz
The Bismarck Tribune 1922-04-08
Newspaper page from La OpinióN carrying the name Sanz
La OpinióN 1930-02-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,029 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sanz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gaspar Sanz Celma
    Gaspar Sanz Celma 1640–1710 · composer
  • Francisco de Paula Sanz
    Francisco de Paula Sanz 1745–1810
  • Miguel Sanz y Lafuente
    Miguel Sanz y Lafuente 1804–1880 · politician
  • Julián Sanz del Río
    Julián Sanz del Río 1814–1869 · writer
  • Cayetano Sanz
    Cayetano Sanz 1821–1891 · matador

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 230 lives in all are documented under this name.

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