Sancen

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/sanθen/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sancen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 723K(measured from records)
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 2.3M
  • CACanada≈1 in 2.8M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

460 people, 2010

Sources
79 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 723K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sancen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sancen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States4601 in 723K498Sancen79
CA Canada≈13 est.≈1 in 2.8M—Sancen1
SV El Salvador≈3 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Sancen1
MX Mexico——19Sancen58
EC Ecuador——1Sancen2

460 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sancen is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Türkiye, Canada

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Sancén

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sancén

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado Sr. Sancen,Dear Mr Sancen, (English)
InformalHola Sancen,Hi Sancen, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Sancen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020498#46,181
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010460#46,314
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000349#55,124
MX MexicoRENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset)—19#4,426
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—19—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)20132—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)20211—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)20011—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)20001—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)19981—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)19961—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)19941—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Sancen?
A machine transcription gives /sanθen/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Sancen have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 460 people named Sancen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sancen.
Where is Sancen most common?
Sancen is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 723 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Sancen?
In the United States, the national register counted 460 people named Sancen in 2010, about 1 in 723 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sancen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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