The Fernandez surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 139,302 people carried this name — #178 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,940 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 10,395 people named Fernandez.
4,922 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 100 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
4,862 people named Fernandez live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 180 people named Fernandez live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
49 people named Fernandez have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 264 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Fernandez in American newspapers,
1888–1949.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 158,631 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fernandez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Consuelo Fernández 1797–1814 -
Bijou Fernandez 1873–1961 · actor -
Ramon Fernandez 1878–1964 · politician -
Bill Fernandez 1901– · engineer -
Fernando Fernandez 1906–1988 · athlete
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 239 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fernandez.
- Ferla 184 · U.S. census
- Ferland 1,982 · U.S. census
- Ferlin 178 · U.S. census
- Fermin 3,326 · U.S. census
- Fernand 153 · U.S. census
- Fernandes 14,385 · U.S. census
- Fernando 4,298 · U.S. census
- Fernbach 241 · U.S. census
- Fernette 138 · U.S. census
- Ferney 183 · U.S. census
- Feron 163 · U.S. census
- Ferra 837 · U.S. census
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