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

Hernandas, 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 Hernandas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hernandas in America

Hernandas is the 140157th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hernandas surname appeared 119 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 Hernandas.

The history of the last name Hernandas

The surname HERNANDAS has its origins in Spain, dating back to the medieval period. It is a patronymic name, derived from the personal name Hernando or Fernando, which itself comes from the Germanic name Ferdinand, meaning "brave traveler" or "daring journey."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the HERNANDAS surname can be found in the Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla, a medieval cartulary from the Kingdom of Navarre, dated around the 11th century. This document mentions a certain Domingo Hernandas, who was a landowner in the region.

During the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, many families with the HERNANDAS surname played a role in the military campaigns. One notable figure was Pedro Hernandas de Córdoba (c. 1390-1455), a Spanish nobleman and military commander who fought in the Battle of Higueruela against the Moors in 1431.

The HERNANDAS name also has a connection to the New World. In the 16th century, during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, several explorers and conquistadors bore this surname. One example is Juan Hernandas de Ribera (c. 1520-1585), who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico and later became a prominent encomendero in the region of Tlaxcala.

Another prominent figure with the HERNANDAS surname was Fray Bartolomé Hernandas (c. 1475-1566), a Spanish Franciscan friar and historian who authored the seminal work "Historia General de las Indias Occidentales," one of the earliest and most comprehensive accounts of the indigenous cultures of the Americas.

In the realm of arts and literature, the HERNANDAS name is represented by Juan Hernandas Hidalgo (c. 1610-1685), a Spanish playwright and poet from the Golden Age of Spanish literature, known for his comedies and religious works.

The HERNANDAS surname has also been found in various place names throughout Spain, such as Hernandas de Pedraza, a municipality in the province of Segovia, and Hernandas, a village in the province of Huelva, likely named after early settlers bearing this surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hernandas

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

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 Hernandas 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.

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

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