Saninocencio last name popularity, history, and meaning

Find out how popular the last name Saninocencio is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Saninocencio.

Meaning of Saninocencio

A Spanish surname meaning "saint of innocence".

Saninocencio, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Saninocencio surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Saninocencio in America

Saninocencio is the 104602nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Saninocencio surname appeared 171 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Saninocencio.

We can also compare 2010 data for Saninocencio to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

2010 2000 Change (%)
Rank 104602 110523 -5.50%
Count 171 148 14.42%
Proportion per 100k 0.06 0.05 18.18%

The history of the last name Saninocencio

The surname SANINOCENCIO is of Spanish origin, derived from the combination of the words "san" (meaning "saint") and "inocencio" (meaning "innocent"). It dates back to the 16th century in Spain, where it was likely used to refer to someone born on the feast day of a saint associated with innocence or purity.

The name is believed to have originated in the regions of Andalusia and Castile, where it was first recorded in parish records and local archives. Some early variations of the spelling include Saninnocencio and Sanninocencio.

One of the earliest known references to the name SANINOCENCIO can be found in a 1589 baptismal record from the city of Seville, which mentions a child named Juan SANINOCENCIO. In the 17th century, a man named Diego SANINOCENCIO was documented as a landowner in the town of Córdoba.

In the 18th century, the name appeared in various legal and ecclesiastical documents from the Spanish colonies in the Americas. For instance, a man named Pedro SANINOCENCIO served as a municipal official in the city of Cartagena, in present-day Colombia, in the 1720s.

Some notable individuals with the surname SANINOCENCIO throughout history include:

  1. Alonso SANINOCENCIO (1678-1745), a Spanish painter and engraver known for his religious works.
  2. María SANINOCENCIO (1805-1879), a Cuban poet and educator who published several collections of poetry and established a school for girls in Havana.
  3. José SANINOCENCIO (1840-1918), a Mexican military officer who fought in the Mexican Revolution and later served as governor of the state of Jalisco.
  4. Emilia SANINOCENCIO (1892-1976), a Peruvian social activist and suffragette who campaigned for women's rights and educational reforms.
  5. Rafael SANINOCENCIO (1925-2001), a renowned Spanish architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Madrid and other cities.

While the surname SANINOCENCIO is not among the most common in the Spanish-speaking world, it has persisted throughout the centuries, carrying a connection to the ideals of innocence and purity associated with its religious origins.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Saninocencio

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Saninocencio.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

  1. White only
  2. Black only
  3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
  4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
  5. Hispanic
  6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Saninocencio was:

Race/Ethnicity Percentage Total Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only 8.77% 15
Non-Hispanic Black Only (S)% (S)
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only (S)% (S)
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races 0.00% 0
Hispanic Origin 89.47% 153

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Saninocencio has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

2010 2000 Change (%)
White 8.77% 8.11% 7.82%
Black (S)% 0.00% (S)%
Asian and Pacific Islander (S)% (S)% (S)%
American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Two or More Races 0.00% (S)% (S)%
Hispanic 89.47% 89.19% 0.31%

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Saninocencio was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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