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

Sanchez Lopez, 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 Sanchez Lopez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Sanchez Lopez in America

Sanchez Lopez is the 27002nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Sanchez Lopez surname appeared 898 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 Sanchez Lopez.

We can also compare 2010 data for Sanchez Lopez 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 Sanchez Lopez

The surname SANCHEZLOPEZ has its origins in the Spanish language, originating from the combination of two common Spanish surnames: Sanchez and Lopez. The first component, Sanchez, is derived from the ancient Spanish given name Sancho, which itself comes from the Latin name Sanctius, meaning "holy" or "consecrated."

In the early Middle Ages, Sancho was a popular name among the nobility and royalty of the Iberian Peninsula, including the famous King Sancho I of León (c. 935-966) and Sancho III of Navarre (c. 992-1035). As a result, the surname Sanchez emerged as a patronymic surname, indicating a person's filial relationship to an ancestor named Sancho.

The second component, Lopez, is derived from the Spanish given name Lope, which is a variant of the Latin name Lupus, meaning "wolf." Like Sanchez, Lopez became a common patronymic surname in Spain, indicating descent from an ancestor named Lope.

The combined surname SANCHEZLOPEZ likely originated in the 13th or 14th century, when the practice of using two surnames became more prevalent in Spain. It is possible that the earliest bearers of this surname were descendants of individuals who bore the single surnames Sanchez and Lopez.

One notable early bearer of the surname SANCHEZLOPEZ was Juan Sánchez López, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico under Hernán Cortés in the early 16th century. Another prominent figure was Pedro Sánchez López, a Spanish soldier and explorer who accompanied Francisco Pizarro on his expedition to Peru in the 1530s.

In the 17th century, the surname SANCHEZLOPEZ appears in records related to the Spanish colonization of the Americas. For instance, Diego Sánchez López was a Spanish settler and landowner in New Spain (present-day Mexico) in the early 1600s.

Moving into the 18th century, the name SANCHEZLOPEZ can be found in historical documents from various regions of Spain, such as Andalusia and Castile. One notable bearer was Francisco Sánchez López, a Spanish painter and engraver active in Madrid during the late 1700s.

In the 19th century, the surname SANCHEZLOPEZ continued to be widespread throughout Spain and its former colonies. José María Sánchez López, a Mexican lawyer and politician, served as the governor of the state of Puebla from 1869 to 1871.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Sanchez Lopez

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

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

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