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

Hernández-Sanch, 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 Hernández-Sanch surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hernández-Sanch in America

Hernández-Sanch is the 50362nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hernández-Sanch surname appeared 415 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 Hernández-Sanch.

The history of the last name Hernández-Sanch

The surname HERNANDEZSANCH has its origins in Spain, dating back to the medieval period. It is a compound surname, formed by the combination of the patronymic Hernandez, meaning "son of Hernando" (a Spanish version of the Germanic name Ferdinand), and the locative Sanch, derived from the town of Sancho or Sancha in the region of Castile and León.

The earliest known record of the HERNANDEZSANCH name appears in the Becerro de las Behetrías, a 14th-century manuscript that documented the ownership of lands and properties in the Kingdom of Castile. This document mentions a certain Ruy Hernandez Sanch, who held land in the village of Villanueva de Odra.

In the 15th century, the name is found in the records of the Inquisition, where a Juan Hernandez Sanch is listed as a victim of the persecution of Conversos (Jews who had converted to Christianity) in the city of Seville.

During the 16th century, the HERNANDEZSANCH name gained prominence with the explorer and conquistador Hernán Sánchez de Badajoz (c. 1480-1560), who participated in the expeditions of Juan Ponce de León and Pánfilo de Narváez to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

Another notable figure was Alonso Hernández Sánchez (1557-1628), a Spanish painter who worked in the Baroque style and is best known for his religious works in the churches of Madrid and Toledo.

In the 18th century, the HERNANDEZSANCH name was borne by Pedro Hernández Sánchez de León (1698-1778), a Spanish military engineer who served in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (present-day Colombia and Panama) and contributed to the fortification of several cities, including Cartagena de Indias.

During the 19th century, José Hernández Sánchez (1818-1892) was a prominent Mexican lawyer and politician who served as a deputy in the Congress of the Union and played a key role in the drafting of the Mexican Constitution of 1857.

Another notable bearer of the HERNANDEZSANCH name was Emilia Hernández Sánchez (1836-1904), a Spanish educator and writer who founded one of the first schools for girls in Madrid and advocated for women's rights and education.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hernández-Sanch

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hernández-Sanch.

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 Hernández-Sanch 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 Hernández-Sanch was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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