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 Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Senor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Senor (Arabic: سينور, Marathi: सेनोरावीस, Russian: Сеньор) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Sénor or Šenor. Click here for other potential spellings of Senor.
How Common Is The Last Name Senor? popularity and diffusion
The surname Senor is the 418,171st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. Senor is primarily found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Senor reside; 46 percent reside in North America and 46 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Senor is also the 379,662nd most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 499 people.
It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 383 people, or 1 in 946,368. In The United States Senor is most numerous in: New York, where 13 percent live, Texas, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 12 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 39 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 10 percent live and Argentina, where 8 percent live.
Senor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Senor has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 461 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Senor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Senor last name is predominantly Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Senor last name are 25.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US 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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