The surname Nanez
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,839 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N520
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Náñez.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,839 people named Nanez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,888 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,785.
Who is named Nanez
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Nanez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 6.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Nanez has the Soundex code N520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N520.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Nanez come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Náñez.
- How common is the surname Nanez?
- 1,839 people in the United States had the surname Nanez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,888 Americans. It ranked 15,827th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Nanez?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Nanez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Nanez getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,839 in 2010, up 3.0%.