Sisneros Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

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What Sisneros means

A Sisneros ancestor may well appear as Cisneros in earlier records. Its meaning, shared with Cisneros, is “From Cisneros in Palencia”.

Only a small detail separates the spellings: Sisneros has “s” where Cisneros has “c”. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Cisnero and Cisnerus. The 2010 US Census counted 4,661 people named Sisneros, ranking it number 7,174 among American surnames. Of these, 84% identified as Hispanic or Latino.

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