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The hernandez Surname

hernandez Name Meaning and History

Spanish (Hernández) and Jewish (Sephardic): patronymic from the personal name Hernando (see Fernando). This surname also became established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there, and as a result of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15th century, many of whom moved to Italy.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hernandez family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of hernandez Families in the US in 1920
Number of hernandez families
 1115-2228
 372-1114		 1-371
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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