Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surnameSánchez

    A Spanish patronymic surname, the 26th most common in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S522

    Sánchez: #26 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sánchez #26, 612,752 people Sánchez: #26 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Sánchez #26, 612,752 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sánchez is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Sánchez.

    Sánchez is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 612,752 people named Sánchez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 504 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 441,242.

    #26
    rank among US surnames
    612,752
    people in 2010
    208
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38.9%
    change since 2000 (was #33)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17Taylor751,209411
    #18Moore724,374426
    #19Jackson708,099436
    #20Martin702,625439
    #21Lee693,023446
    #22Perez681,645453
    #23Thompson664,644465

    Who is named Sánchez

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

    93% of people named Sánchez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Sánchezs

    43 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kiele Sanchez
      American actress, born 1977
    • Erwin Sánchez
      Bolivian footballer, born 1969
    • Lauren Sánchez
      American media personality, born 1969
    • Loretta Sanchez
      American politician (born 1960)
    • Juan Ignacio Sánchez
      Argentine basketball player (born 1977)
    • Roger Sanchez
      American DJ, remixer and record producer of Dominican descent, born 1967
    • Linda Sánchez
      American lawyer & politician (born 1969)
    • Maria Sanchez
      American female tennis player, born 1989
    • Diego Sanchez
      American mixed martial artist, born 1981
    • Óscar Sánchez
      Bolivian footballer (1971-2007)
    • Sonia Sanchez
      American poet, playwright and activist, born 1934
    • Nia Sanchez
      American beauty pageant titleholder (born 1990)

    Notable Sánchezs come mostly from the United States (25), Argentina (10) and Bolivia (3).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Sánchez

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sánchez come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Sánchez.
    How common is the surname Sánchez?
    612,752 people in the United States had the surname Sánchez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 504 Americans. It ranked 26th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sánchez?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sánchez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sánchez?
    Kiele Sanchez, American actress, followed by Erwin Sánchez.