How Many People Have the Last Name Sanchez?
people had the surname Sanchez in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 481 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Hispanic or Latino
Change Since 2000
+171,510 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Sanchez (93%) are Hispanic or Latino. Among surnames where most people are Hispanic or Latino, Sanchez ranks #8. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
See the most common Hispanic last names.
📈 Change Since 2000
Sanchez grew from 441,242 people in 2000 to 612,752 in 2010 (up 38.9%), and its rank rose from #33 to #26.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 441,242 | 612,752 |
| Rank | #33 | #26 |
| Per 100,000 people | 163.57 | 207.73 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sanchez
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sanchez: S522
👤 Sanchez as a First Name
Sanchez is a first name too: about 958 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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