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

Sánchez-Núñez, 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 Sánchez-Núñez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Sánchez-Núñez in America

Sánchez-Núñez is the 158432nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Sánchez-Núñez surname appeared 102 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 Sánchez-Núñez.

The history of the last name Sánchez-Núñez

The surname SANCHEZNUNEZ originated in Spain, combining the Spanish patronymic surnames Sanchez and Nunez. It likely emerged during the medieval period in regions like Castile and Aragon.

Sanchez derives from the Spanish name Sancho, itself from the Latin Sanctius meaning "holy." Nunez traces back to the personal name Nuno or Munio, which had Germanic roots. The double-barreled form suggests the uniting of two families through marriage.

Early records of Sanchez are seen in the 13th century, like Fernan Sanchez, a Castilian knight who died around 1275. Nunez appears in the 11th century Codex Calixtinus, referring to the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

A notable bearer was Pedro Nuñez de Herrera (c.1522-1596), a Spanish lawyer and philosopher who wrote works on natural philosophy and ethics. Another was Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c.1490-1559), an explorer who chronicled the Spanish expedition to Florida.

During the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th-18th centuries, many Sancheznunez families likely settled in Mexico, the Caribbean, and regions of South America like Venezuela and Colombia. For instance, José Sancheznunez was a Mexican writer born around 1630.

Other bearers include Juan Sancheznunez (c.1570-1647), a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Guadix, and María Sancheznunez (1799-1876), a Venezuelan revolutionary who fought for independence from Spain.

The hyphenated SANCHEZNUNEZ form persists today among Hispanic communities worldwide, a legacy of the historic blending of Spanish family lineages over centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Sánchez-Núñez

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Sánchez-Núñez.

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 Sánchez-Núñez 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 Sánchez-Núñez was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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