Ernández

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ernández is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Hernández.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 392K(measured from records)
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 38K
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 116K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

849 people, 2010

Sources
71 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 38K (inferred from the name graph)

Guatemala, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ernandez in US United States, GT Guatemala, CO Colombia and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Variant of Hernández.

Sources 1

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ernández counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ernández is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States8491 in 392K849Ernandez71
GT Guatemala≈450 est.≈1 in 38K—Ernandez9
CO Colombia≈330 est.≈1 in 147K—Ernandez10
FR France≈190 est.≈1 in 350K19—1
DO Dominican Republic≈91 est.≈1 in 116K—Ernandez8
CL Chile≈67 est.≈1 in 270K—Ernandez10

849 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ernández is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ernandez, Ernandeź

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ernandez

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ernández under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ernández mean, and where does it come from?
Variant of Hernández. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Ernández have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 849 people named Ernández, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ernandez.
How common is the name Ernández?
In the United States, the national register counted 849 people named Ernández in 2010, about 1 in 392 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ernández”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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