Hernaández Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Hernaández Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Hernaandez (16), Hernáandez (2) & Hernaàndez (1) are calculated separately.
Hernaández Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hernaández Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hernaández is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Hernaandez, Hernáandez or Hernaàndez. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hernaández? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Hernaández reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Hispano-North America.
It is most widely held in Mexico, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 20,687,701. In Mexico Hernaández is mostly concentrated in: Mexico City, where 50 percent live, México, where 17 percent live and Nuevo León, where 17 percent live. Besides Mexico Hernaández occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 10 percent live and Spain, where 10 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hernaández
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