Heraldry and the Sans Surname

Sans appears in national name statistics on both sides of the Atlantic. 3,548 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Sans name at birth. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Sans with 508 bearers, at rank 42,640. Of these, 31% identified as Hispanic or Latino.

• We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Sans, the family's own records come first.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Sans family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them. Research your Sans family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.