The Hernando surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 759 people carried this name — #30,701 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 43% from 529 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,741 people named Hernando live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 186 people named Hernando.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
53 people named Hernando live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Hernando,
with a public archive behind them.
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Teófilo Hernando Ortega 1881–1976 · physician -
Francisco José Hernando Santiago 1936–2013 · jurist
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José Antonio Ruiz Hernando 1943– · scholar
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Francisco Hernando Contreras 1945–2020 · businessperson
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Luis Alberto Hernando Cuadrado 1949– · hispanist
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Carmelo Hernando 1954– · contemporary artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hernando.
- Hermes 4,407 · U.S. census
- Hermez 251 · U.S. census
- Hermon 465 · U.S. census
- Hermosilla 214 · U.S. census
- Hernandes 8,612 · U.S. census
- Hernandez 1,043,281 · U.S. census
- Herny 125 · U.S. census
- Herold 5,705 · U.S. census
- Heron 3,934 · U.S. census
- Heroux 1,552 · U.S. census
- Herpin 360 · U.S. census
- Herr 11,980 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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