Sanabria Surname

2,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200,425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Sanabria Surname Definition:

One who came from La Sanabria, a region in Spain.

Castilian name from Ledesma.

Sanabria Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia50,2371:951202
Paraguay36,4951:19844
Puerto Rico22,6931:15643
Argentina17,1571:2,491328
Venezuela14,9761:2,017351
Mexico14,8461:8,361928
United States8,1591:44,4245,439
Costa Rica7,3921:647151
Spain4,9611:9,4241,117
Bolivia4,5251:2,346412
Honduras3,7481:2,352340
Peru3,1171:10,1971,447
Cuba3,0171:3,819484
Brazil2,0061:106,7174,013
El Salvador2,0011:3,170413
Ecuador1,8631:8,5381,374
Guatemala1,3281:12,1101,214
Uruguay7321:4,688535
Nicaragua2871:20,979997
Dominican Republic2541:41,0752,198
Canada1031:357,72432,292
Panama831:47,1362,335
France781:851,573100,617
Belize611:5,827978
Chile601:293,6088,514
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Australia281:964,13257,058
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
England241:2,321,58686,519
Aruba231:4,499638
Qatar191:124,10514,725
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
China31:455,773,85521,925
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

The alternate forms: Sanabría (4), Sanábria (2), Sañabria (1) & Sanäbria (1) are calculated separately.

Sanabria (101) may also be a first name.

Sanabria Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who came from La Sanabria, a region in Spain.

Castilian name from Ledesma.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Sanabria Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sanabria Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sanabria (Russian: Санабриа) is held by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Sanabría, Sanábria, Sañabria or Sanäbria. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanabria? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,787th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 36,360 people. Sanabria occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Sanabria live; 65 percent live in South America and 32 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 940,641st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 101 people.

It is most widely held in Colombia, where it is borne by 50,237 people, or 1 in 951. In Colombia Sanabria is primarily found in: Capital District, where 35 percent live, Santander Department, where 14 percent live and Cundinamarca Department, where 11 percent live. Other than Colombia Sanabria is found in 67 countries. It is also found in Paraguay, where 18 percent live and Puerto Rico, where 11 percent live.

Sanabria Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sanabria surname are 41.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.96% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sanabria earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 22.4% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,728 per year; in South Africa they earn 76.3% less than the national average, earning R 56,328 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.67% more than the national average, earning $24,217,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.18% less than the national average, earning $38,323 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.47% less than the national average, earning $47,460 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sanabria Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanabria in the Russian language
Санабриаsanabria-

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