Meaning and formation
Sanchez means “son of Sancho”, deriving the surname from Sancho with the ending -ez. Sánchez is the accented Spanish spelling, while Sanchez is also listed on printed page 116 of the 1849 Philippine Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /ˈsant͡ʃes/ · /ˈsantses/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Cebuano: /ˈsantses/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /ˈsant͡ʃeθ/ · /ˈsant͡ʃes/ · Wiktionary ↗
In the 1849 Catálogo transcription
The linked transcription records the following spelling and page position. Open the edition link to locate the printed page.
- sanchez · page 116 · row 374 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Sanchez has 26 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.
OpenHalalan — 2001 ↗Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts