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

Andres, 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 Andres surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Andres in America

Andres is the 2813th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Andres surname appeared 12,821 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 people would have the surname Andres.

We can also compare 2010 data for Andres 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.

The history of the last name Andres

The surname Andres is of Spanish origin, derived from the personal name Andrés, which is the Spanish form of the Greek name Andreas, meaning "man" or "manly." This surname can be traced back to the 12th century in the regions of Castile and Aragon in Spain.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Andres can be found in medieval Spanish documents and records. In the 13th century, the name appeared in the "Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla," an important historical document that listed landowners and their estates in the Kingdom of Castile.

One notable individual with the surname Andres was Pedro Martínez de Andres, a 14th-century Spanish nobleman who served as a trusted advisor to King Alfonso XI of Castile. He played a significant role in the conquest of Gibraltar in 1333 and was awarded land grants for his service.

In the 16th century, the Andres surname gained prominence with Juan de Andres, a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquest of Peru under Francisco Pizarro. He was born in Seville in 1490 and died in Lima, Peru, in 1560.

Another notable individual with the surname Andres was Juan Andrés, a Spanish Jesuit scholar, writer, and philosopher who lived from 1740 to 1817. He was a prominent figure in the Spanish Enlightenment and is best known for his work "Origen, progresos y estado actual de toda la literatura" (The Origin, Progress, and Present State of All Literature), a comprehensive study of world literature.

In the 19th century, Manuel Andres was a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Justice and Interior during the reign of Queen Isabella II. He was born in Cádiz in 1813 and died in Madrid in 1887.

The surname Andres has also been associated with several place names in Spain, such as Andrés (Teruel), Andresillo (Palencia), and San Andrés (various locations), which may have contributed to the spread and adoption of the surname in different regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Andres

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

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 Andres was:

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 Andres has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

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 Andres was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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