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    The surname Sanches

    A surname, carried by 7,883 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S522

    Sanches: #4,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sanches #4,500, 7,883 people Sanches: #4,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sanches #4,500, 7,883 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sanches is more common than 97.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,883 people named Sanches in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,166 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,457.

    #4,500
    rank among US surnames
    7,883
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,397)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,495Macleod7,88639,151
    #4,496Meister7,88539,156
    #4,498Garman7,88439,161
    #4,500Sanches7,88339,166
    #4,501Gunther7,88239,171

    Who is named Sanches

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Sanches identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Sanchess

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stacy Sanches
      American model and actress, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sanches

    Sanches has the Soundex code S522, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S522.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sanches?
    7,883 people in the United States had the surname Sanches in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,166 Americans. It ranked 4,500th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sanches?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Sanches identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sanches?
    Stacy Sanches, American model and actress.
    Where is the surname Sanches most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sanches in the United States.
    Is the surname Sanches getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,883 in 2010, up 5.7%.