Sanze

surname · Latin script

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

Sanze is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 3.3M(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.4Mas Saenze
  • USUnited States≈1 in 180Mas Saenze

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sanze itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈24 people, est.

Sources
16 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.3M (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Saenze in US United States, CH Switzerland and Sänze in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

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

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sanze 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 Sanze is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈24 est.≈1 in 3.3M—Sänze16
CH Switzerland6as Saenze1 in 1.4M6Saenze4
US United States≈2 est.≈1 in 180MlistedSaenze9
TZ Tanzania———Sanze9
KE Kenya———Sanze1

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Sanze is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Tanzania

    Also written Sanzé, Sanzè

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Sanzé

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Sanzé, Sänze

15 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Sanze
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

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

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Sanze have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 24 people named Sanze in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sänze.
How common is the name Sanze?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 6 people named Saenze in 2024, about 1 in 1.4 million 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, “Sanze”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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