The Sancho surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,186 people carried this name — #21,895 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,091 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,681 people named Sancho 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 532 people named Sancho.
153 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.
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
77 people named Sancho live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Sancho,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Sancho Granado 1681–1748 · Catholic bishop -
Basilio Tomás Sancho Hernando 1728–1787 · theologian -
Ignatius Sancho 1729–1780 · actor -
Salvador Sancho Iturmendi 1688–1754 · composer
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Dionisio Sancho 1762–1829 · sculptor
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William Sancho 1775–1810
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sancho.
- Sana 596 · U.S. census
- Sananikone 369 · U.S. census
- Sance 138 · U.S. census
- Sanche 184 · U.S. census
- Sanches 7,883 · U.S. census
- Sanchez 612,752 · U.S. census
- Sand 4,810 · U.S. census
- Sander 9,090 · U.S. census
- Sanders 230,374 · U.S. census
- Sandler 4,583 · U.S. census
- Sandner 459 · U.S. census
- Sandon 216 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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