Senn
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from 'Alpenhirt, alpine dairyman'; also from a personal name Sen
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 23 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/sen/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated · uncertain
Senn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. In Switzerland it is the 66th most common surname.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
- ATAustria≈1 in 16Kfew records
- PKPakistan≈1 in 32Kfew records
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.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 306 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,300 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from 'Alpenhirt, alpine dairyman'; also from a personal name Sen
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Senn 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈7,300 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Senn | 1 |
| US United States | — | 5,448 | 1 in 61K | 5.4K | Senn | 306 |
| CH Switzerland | #66 | 5,245 | 1 in 1.6K | 5.2K | Senn | 87 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 42K | listed | Senn | 85 |
| AR Argentina | — | 1,159 | 1 in 39K | 1.2K | — | 1 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Senn | 50 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Senn | 3 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the dfa-band-5 register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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 recorded senses
(measured from records)Senn is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname zu Senn 'Almhirte/Milchwirt'.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: Hirte, speziell Alphirte (< mhd. sennære); Bearer count: 866.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, 1. "Alpenhirt, Alm- besitzer". Senn | er, hofer. 2. sl. PN. Sen (Sen | ig, k; Sinn, | ack) Senn-: s. SAN und SIN Senp(f): s.Senf
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, Berufsname: Hirt/Schäfer; 866 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In Icelandic, soon, presently, after a while
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Jean Antoine Petit-Sennb. 1792CHGenevan novelist, poet and singer (1792-1870)
- Johann Chrysostomus Sennb. 1795ATAustrian writer (1795–1857)
- Franz Sennb. 1831ATAustrian mountain climber
- Alfred Erich Sennb. 1932USAmerican historian (1932–2016)
- Reinhold Sennb. 1936ATluger (1936–2023)
- Sören Sennb. 1969CHSwiss film director and author
- Adam Sennb. 1984FRAmerican model and actor
- Mary Sennb. 1993UAUkrainian videoblogger and singer
- Chris Sennvideo game designer
- Gabrielle SennUSAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)37 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 5.4K | #6,273 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5.3K | #5,994 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 5.2K | #100 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 5.1K | #6,434 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 1.2K | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Senn mean, and where does it come from?
- from 'Alpenhirt, alpine dairyman'; also from a personal name Sen Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Senn?
- In Spanish /sen/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Senn have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.3 thousand people named Senn in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled senn.
- Where is Senn most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Senn is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 1.6 thousand people — even though Pakistan holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Senn?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,448 people named Senn in 2010, about 1 in 61 thousand residents.
- How common is Senn compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Senn is the 66th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sennThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Senn” — the 66th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.