Sanchez Surname
Approximately 6,704,777 people bear this surname
Sanchez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2,259,680 | 1:55 | 8 |
| Spain | 829,229 | 1:56 | 7 |
| Colombia | 560,923 | 1:85 | 8 |
| United States | 472,769 | 1:767 | 44 |
| Venezuela | 365,566 | 1:83 | 7 |
| Peru | 315,853 | 1:101 | 3 |
| Argentina | 308,149 | 1:139 | 10 |
| Ecuador | 189,400 | 1:84 | 2 |
| Cuba | 171,715 | 1:67 | 10 |
| Philippines | 162,886 | 1:622 | 21 |
| Dominican Republic | 143,391 | 1:73 | 5 |
| Puerto Rico | 128,384 | 1:28 | 1 |
| Honduras | 123,918 | 1:71 | 9 |
| Chile | 88,017 | 1:200 | 31 |
| Nicaragua | 81,152 | 1:74 | 9 |
| Guatemala | 71,702 | 1:224 | 35 |
| El Salvador | 71,312 | 1:89 | 14 |
| Panama | 69,736 | 1:56 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 66,804 | 1:72 | 7 |
| Bolivia | 62,592 | 1:170 | 17 |
| France | 48,748 | 1:1,363 | 70 |
| Paraguay | 47,031 | 1:154 | 33 |
| Brazil | 18,283 | 1:11,709 | 663 |
| Uruguay | 15,274 | 1:225 | 22 |
| Canada | 4,736 | 1:7,780 | 1,141 |
| England | 2,747 | 1:20,283 | 2,873 |
| Germany | 2,467 | 1:32,633 | 4,301 |
| Belgium | 2,153 | 1:5,340 | 630 |
| Morocco | 2,045 | 1:16,859 | 2,564 |
| Belize | 1,962 | 1:181 | 19 |
| Australia | 1,871 | 1:14,428 | 2,046 |
| Switzerland | 1,610 | 1:5,101 | 764 |
| Thailand | 1,393 | 1:50,710 | 5,981 |
| Andorra | 1,067 | 1:79 | 6 |
| Portugal | 1,047 | 1:9,951 | 856 |
| Italy | 998 | 1:61,279 | 10,950 |
| Netherlands | 792 | 1:21,322 | 3,379 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 623 | 1:2,189 | 379 |
| Algeria | 508 | 1:76,046 | 12,114 |
| Russia | 503 | 1:286,527 | 29,619 |
| Guam | 465 | 1:344 | 44 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 |
| Japan | 293 | 1:436,329 | 13,475 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 273 | 1:200 | 41 |
| Sweden | 230 | 1:42,812 | 3,395 |
| Bahrain | 191 | 1:7,061 | 1,301 |
| Kenya | 154 | 1:299,869 | 19,047 |
| Denmark | 147 | 1:38,399 | 4,009 |
| Iran | 142 | 1:540,722 | 31,214 |
| New Caledonia | 135 | 1:2,046 | 184 |
| Norway | 120 | 1:42,852 | 6,130 |
| New Zealand | 118 | 1:38,376 | 6,521 |
| Aruba | 116 | 1:892 | 121 |
| Gibraltar | 114 | 1:298 | 17 |
| Ireland | 111 | 1:42,423 | 3,272 |
| Taiwan | 111 | 1:211,214 | 1,809 |
| Scotland | 109 | 1:49,118 | 4,267 |
| Jamaica | 107 | 1:26,822 | 2,077 |
| China | 106 | 1:12,899,260 | 779 |
| French Polynesia | 104 | 1:2,700 | 546 |
| Israel | 95 | 1:90,080 | 10,606 |
| Austria | 89 | 1:95,679 | 13,940 |
| South Africa | 88 | 1:615,656 | 46,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 81 | 1:113,114 | 9,693 |
| Bahamas | 72 | 1:5,441 | 536 |
| Finland | 62 | 1:88,656 | 9,352 |
| Greece | 62 | 1:178,706 | 28,807 |
| Malaysia | 60 | 1:491,570 | 24,692 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Curaçao | 56 | 1:2,808 | 60 |
| Senegal | 55 | 1:265,079 | 1,585 |
| Brunei | 50 | 1:8,375 | 1,042 |
| Qatar | 50 | 1:47,160 | 4,880 |
| Czechia | 49 | 1:217,010 | 30,705 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Poland | 45 | 1:844,639 | 65,213 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 45 | 1:2,453 | 417 |
| Belarus | 44 | 1:215,933 | 26,858 |
| Wales | 39 | 1:79,347 | 6,699 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 36 | 1:31,546 | 134 |
| Madagascar | 36 | 1:656,940 | 2,016 |
| Afghanistan | 33 | 1:974,339 | 9,366 |
| Hong Kong | 33 | 1:222,287 | 3,015 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Kazakhstan | 29 | 1:609,741 | 42,435 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 26 | 1:3,814 | 525 |
| Hungary | 25 | 1:392,651 | 27,081 |
| Moldova | 24 | 1:148,390 | 15,621 |
| Haiti | 23 | 1:464,518 | 10,761 |
| Luxembourg | 23 | 1:25,241 | 4,722 |
| American Samoa | 22 | 1:2,534 | 546 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Cayman Islands | 22 | 1:2,904 | 371 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Turkey | 21 | 1:3,705,782 | 95,296 |
| Iceland | 20 | 1:19,004 | 1,557 |
| South Korea | 19 | 1:2,696,856 | 537 |
| Latvia | 18 | 1:113,891 | 16,101 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Vietnam | 13 | 1:7,126,620 | 2,551 |
| Azerbaijan | 12 | 1:804,094 | 13,104 |
| Monaco | 12 | 1:3,089 | 236 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Saint Lucia | 11 | 1:16,253 | 1,328 |
| Angola | 10 | 1:2,698,921 | 4,894 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Egypt | 10 | 1:9,193,575 | 48,135 |
| Ghana | 10 | 1:2,702,069 | 11,564 |
| Guyana | 10 | 1:76,222 | 5,818 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1:1,935,893 | 7,100 |
| Cape Verde | 8 | 1:66,205 | 2,334 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| Armenia | 7 | 1:418,597 | 8,462 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 1:853,236 | 52,732 |
| Macau | 7 | 1:85,947 | 463 |
| Marshall Islands | 7 | 1:7,403 | 1,135 |
| Cyprus | 6 | 1:147,479 | 8,354 |
| Grenada | 6 | 1:18,089 | 1,003 |
| Mozambique | 6 | 1:4,543,595 | 4,247 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Sudan | 5 | 1:7,502,039 | 8,188 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Anguilla | 4 | 1:3,359 | 324 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Falkland Islands | 4 | 1:783 | 169 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Comoros | 3 | 1:249,841 | 664 |
| Gabon | 3 | 1:629,731 | 6,761 |
| Gambia | 3 | 1:641,150 | 991 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Tajikistan | 3 | 1:2,795,564 | 12,819 |
| Togo | 3 | 1:2,415,923 | 11,978 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1:79,678,386 | 25,993 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Libya | 2 | 1:3,121,987 | 6,135 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Mali | 2 | 1:8,484,518 | 4,035 |
| Micronesia | 2 | 1:53,122 | 1,264 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Niue | 1 | 1:1,614 | 145 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,841 | 1:17,676 | 2,256 |
The alternate forms: Sánchez (40,553), Sànchez (757), Sanchéz (174), Sãnchez (16), Sanchèz (13), Sänchez (13), Sânchez (3), Sançhez (1), Sañchez (1) & Sánchéz (1) are calculated separately.
Sanchez (7,520) may also be a first name.
Sanchez Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Spanish) The son of Sancho (sanctified).
(Spanish), Sancho's. (variant: Diaz and Yanez.)
User-submitted Reference
Means "Son of Sancho"
- perikorroSanchez Demographics
Sanchez Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sanchez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanchez Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanchez (Arabic: سانشيز, Marathi: सांचेझ, Russian: Санчез) is found most in Mexico. It can be rendered as a variant: Sánchez, Sànchez, Sanchéz, Sãnchez, Sanchèz, Sänchez, Sânchez, Sançhez, Sañchez or Sánchéz. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanchez? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 88th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,087 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Sanchez live; 39 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in Hispano-North America. Sanchez is also the 74,096th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 7,520 people.
Sanchez is the most widespread surname in one country:Puerto Rico, where 2 percent reside. The surname Sanchez is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 2,259,680 people, or 1 in 55. In Mexico Sanchez is mostly concentrated in: México, where 18 percent reside, Mexico City, where 8 percent reside and Puebla, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Mexico Sanchez occurs in 201 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 12 percent reside and Colombia, where 8 percent reside.
Sanchez Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sanchez has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sanchez last name grew 16,641 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 54,940 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 3,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sanchez Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sanchez surname is predominantly Orthodox (76%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Sanchez last name are 42.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.77% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sanchez earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 53.64% less than the national average, earning €13,921 per year; in Norway they earn 14.38% less than the national average, earning 296,297 kr per year; in Peru they earn 6.01% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,220 per year; in South Africa they earn 531.32% more than the national average, earning R 1,500,260 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.34% more than the national average, earning $23,915,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.21% less than the national average, earning $36,587 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.18% less than the national average, earning $47,608 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanchez Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanchez in the Marathi language | ||
| सांचेझ | sancejha | - |
| Sanchez in the Russian language | ||
| Санчез | sancez | - |
| Sanchez in the Arabic language | ||
| سانشيز | sanshyz | - |
| سنشز | snshz | - |
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Footnotes
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