Sancho Surname
Approximately 62,757 people bear this surname
Sancho Surname User-submission:
Coming from the personal name Sancho. The origin is from the word sauco, meaning 'god of the vow'.
Origin Areas: Castilla, Aragón, Valencia and Murcia.
Sancho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 28,055 | 1:1,666 | 190 |
| Mozambique | 7,416 | 1:3,676 | 846 |
| Costa Rica | 5,768 | 1:829 | 178 |
| Philippines | 3,813 | 1:26,551 | 3,650 |
| Brazil | 3,040 | 1:70,419 | 2,616 |
| Peru | 2,455 | 1:12,947 | 1,727 |
| Argentina | 2,001 | 1:21,361 | 1,782 |
| Ecuador | 1,800 | 1:8,837 | 1,426 |
| France | 1,565 | 1:42,443 | 5,348 |
| United States | 1,354 | 1:267,695 | 25,178 |
| Colombia | 1,065 | 1:44,858 | 2,386 |
| Portugal | 981 | 1:10,620 | 905 |
| Mexico | 496 | 1:250,254 | 6,146 |
| Japan | 332 | 1:385,073 | 12,641 |
| Chile | 317 | 1:55,572 | 2,424 |
| Guyana | 271 | 1:2,813 | 519 |
| Cuba | 231 | 1:49,882 | 2,043 |
| Nicaragua | 147 | 1:40,960 | 1,309 |
| England | 145 | 1:384,262 | 26,878 |
| Russia | 140 | 1:1,029,450 | 78,764 |
| Tanzania | 121 | 1:437,534 | 30,427 |
| Canada | 111 | 1:331,942 | 30,257 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| Germany | 67 | 1:1,201,574 | 78,034 |
| Guatemala | 67 | 1:240,040 | 4,106 |
| Andorra | 65 | 1:1,290 | 221 |
| Venezuela | 65 | 1:464,678 | 9,130 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 56 | 1:24,357 | 2,692 |
| Switzerland | 54 | 1:152,091 | 14,437 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Paraguay | 47 | 1:153,973 | 3,151 |
| Iran | 42 | 1:1,828,155 | 67,506 |
| Liberia | 40 | 1:110,213 | 8,601 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| Netherlands | 34 | 1:496,682 | 47,398 |
| Uruguay | 32 | 1:107,242 | 10,337 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| Kazakhstan | 18 | 1:982,361 | 58,740 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| El Salvador | 10 | 1:634,389 | 3,243 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 73 | 1:687,927 | 44,660 |
The alternate forms: Sáncho (1) are calculated separately.
Sancho (9,784) may also be a first name.
Sancho Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Coming from the personal name Sancho. The origin is from the word sauco, meaning 'god of the vow'.
Origin Areas: Castilla, Aragón, Valencia and Murcia.
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Sancho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sancho Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sancho (Arabic: سانش, Hindi: संचो, Russian: Санчо) is found most frequently in Spain. It can appear as a variant: Sáncho. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sancho? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 9,029th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 116,123 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Sancho live; 46 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 46 percent live in Iberian Europe. Sancho is also the 62,163rd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 9,784 people.
The last name Sancho is most commonly used in Spain, where it is borne by 28,055 people, or 1 in 1,666. In Spain it is primarily concentrated in: Valencian Community, where 22 percent are found, Catalonia, where 19 percent are found and Aragon, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Spain Sancho exists in 103 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 12 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 9 percent are found.
Sancho Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sancho has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sancho surname grew 1,855 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 4,833 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sancho Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Sancho last name are 41.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.55% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sancho earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.65% less than the national average, earning 267,682 kr per year; in Peru they earn 27.91% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,975 per year; in South Africa they earn 24.48% more than the national average, earning R 295,800 per year; in Colombia they earn 33.12% less than the national average, earning $15,184,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.2% more than the national average, earning $44,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.65% less than the national average, earning $41,410 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sancho Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sancho in the Hindi language | ||
| संचो | sanco | 87.5 |
| सांचो | sanco | 12.5 |
| Sancho in the Russian language | ||
| Санчо | sanco | - |
| Sancho in the Arabic language | ||
| سانش | sansh | - |
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