Senor Surname
Approximately 831 people bear this surname
Senor Surname User-submission:
Senyor is a Sephardic Jewish surname originating in Spain (i.e. Abraham Seneor). Related to the Yiddish surname Shenor, meaning 'elder'.
Senor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 383 | 1:946,368 | 70,670 |
| Italy | 85 | 1:719,490 | 60,619 |
| Argentina | 69 | 1:619,470 | 43,674 |
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Haiti | 6 | 1:1,780,651 | 14,597 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:605,044 | 40,538 |
The alternate forms: Sénor (5) & Šenor (1) are calculated separately.
Senor (499) may also be a first name.
Senor Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Senyor is a Sephardic Jewish surname originating in Spain (i.e. Abraham Seneor). Related to the Yiddish surname Shenor, meaning 'elder'.
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Senor Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Senor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Senor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Senor (Arabic: سينور, Marathi: सेनोरावीस, Russian: Сеньор) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Sénor or Šenor. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Senor? popularity and diffusion
Senor is the 418,171st most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Senor live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America. Senor is also the 379,662nd most widespread first name internationally It is held by 499 people.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 383 people, or 1 in 946,368. In The United States Senor is mostly found in: New York, where 13 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 12 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 10 percent reside and Argentina, where 8 percent reside.
Senor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Senor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Senor surname rose 461 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Senor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Senor surname are 25.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 78.95% being registered with the political party.
Senor earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.94% less than the national average, earning $42,743 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Senor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Senor in the Marathi language | ||
| सेनोरावीस | senoravisa | 50 |
| सेनोर | senora | 50 |
| Senor in the Russian language | ||
| Сеньор | senor | - |
| Senor in the Arabic language | ||
| سينور | synwr | - |
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Senor Reference & Research
Senior/Senor/Saner FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Senor
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