Sanchez

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[edit] ORIGIN AND HISTORY

The surname Sanchez is of Spanish origin and means "son of Sancho."^[1] Sancho is a given name that means "sacred."^[2] Sancho may possibly be of Basque origin.^[3]

The Sanchez name may be traced back to the region of Castile in Spain, as far back as Visigoth times. There were people with this surname in the New World as early as the 16th century.^[4]

[edit] POPULARITY

Sanchez is a very common surname in the United States. According to WhitePages.com, it ranks as the 54th most common surname. The highest concentration of people with this last name is in California, followed by Texas, Florida, New York and New Mexico.^[5] Within California, it is the 12th most common surname.^[6] In New Mexico, Sanchez is the 4th most common surname, and actually ranks above Smith.^[7]

In Argentina, Sanchez is the 10th most common surname, and in France, it ranks at 52nd.^[8]

[edit] FACTS

• There were 226 people with the last name Sanchez who served in the Civil War. 93 served on the Confederate side, and 133 served on the Union side.^[9]
• Sanches is the Portuguese version of Sanchez.
• The real name of reggae singer Sanchez is Kevin Anthony Jackson. He is from Kingston, Jamaica, and first began singing in church.^[10]

[edit] NAMESAKES

• Sánchez, Dominican Republic
• A "Dirty Sanchez" is the nickname for a particular vulgar sexual act.

[edit] FAMOUS PERSONS

• Sanchez (stage name): reggae singer (born November 30, 1967)
• Alex Sanchez: writer (born 1957)
• Arantxa Sanchez Vicario: Spanish tennis player (born December 18, 1971)
• Claudio Sanchez: musician, lead singer for Coheed and Cambria
• Loretta Sanchez: U.S. politician (born January 7, 1960)
• Luis Alberto Sánchez: Peruvian politician and writer
• Luis Rafael Sánchez: Puerto Rican playwright
• Oscar Arias Sanchez: former President of Costa Rica and Nobel Prize winner (born 1940)
• Raúl Sánchez: baseball player
• Stacy Sanches: model/actress (born September 4, 1973)

Author: Sarena Emily Levinson

[edit] NOTES

1. ↑ http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Sanchez-family-history.ashx
2. ↑ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search.php?s=Sancho&g=1&t=1
3. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1nchez_%28surname%29
4. ↑ http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=Sanchez
5. ↑ http://names.whitepages.com/last/Sanchez
6. ↑ http://names.whitepages.com/California/last/Sanchez
7. ↑ http://names.whitepages.com/New_Mexico/last/Sanchez
8. ↑ http://surnames.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=sanchez
9. ↑ http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Sanchez-civil-war.ashx
10. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanchez_%28singer%29