History of my Family Name
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:05 amHISTORY OF MY FAMILY NAME
My family name is Sanchez , this surname comes from "Sanxo", and it was used by persons of noble rank. You can't find derived surnames , but in spanish language is common to add the suffix "- ez" to the father's name . After years this surname changed to "Sanchez". You can't find derived surnames , but in spanish language is common to add the suffix "- ez" to the father's name .In the history you can find a lot of important people with this surname , for example:
.- Sancho Sanchez , he was a knight in the Kingdom of Pedro in 1100.
.- Lope Sanchez de Ogaure and Galindo Sanchez , both were Knights that fought in the conquest of Zaragoza in 1137.
.- Fortuny Sanchez , lord of Boltaña.
.- and so on.
There are a lot of historians that confirm that there were a lot of people in differents countries in Spain using this surname but with no relation between them. But they also confirm that this surname comes from Asturias , and you can find the house of this surname in Cangas de Onis.
Nowadays this surname is the number 5 in the top of surnames used in Spain . Eacd 1.000 person , 38.2 share the surname Sanchez .
People with the same name as me
It's really weird , because usually you think that your name (and surname) is yours , and if you write in the searcher of the net your name , you can find a lot of people with the same name . I did it and I found more than 1.000.000 of web-pages with my name . There are some cases really funny, as :
.- Silvia Sanchez , dj
.- Silvia Sanchez , writer
.- Silvia Sanchez , teacher
.- Silvia Sanchez , fortuneteller
.- Silvia Sanchez , the woman without memory
.- and so on .
It's really weird because , you know , it's your name and also is the name of a lot of different persons around the world.
My family name is Sanchez , this surname comes from "Sanxo", and it was used by persons of noble rank. You can't find derived surnames , but in spanish language is common to add the suffix "- ez" to the father's name . After years this surname changed to "Sanchez". You can't find derived surnames , but in spanish language is common to add the suffix "- ez" to the father's name .In the history you can find a lot of important people with this surname , for example:
.- Sancho Sanchez , he was a knight in the Kingdom of Pedro in 1100.
.- Lope Sanchez de Ogaure and Galindo Sanchez , both were Knights that fought in the conquest of Zaragoza in 1137.
.- Fortuny Sanchez , lord of Boltaña.
.- and so on.
There are a lot of historians that confirm that there were a lot of people in differents countries in Spain using this surname but with no relation between them. But they also confirm that this surname comes from Asturias , and you can find the house of this surname in Cangas de Onis.
Nowadays this surname is the number 5 in the top of surnames used in Spain . Eacd 1.000 person , 38.2 share the surname Sanchez .
People with the same name as me
It's really weird , because usually you think that your name (and surname) is yours , and if you write in the searcher of the net your name , you can find a lot of people with the same name . I did it and I found more than 1.000.000 of web-pages with my name . There are some cases really funny, as :
.- Silvia Sanchez , dj
.- Silvia Sanchez , writer
.- Silvia Sanchez , teacher
.- Silvia Sanchez , fortuneteller
.- Silvia Sanchez , the woman without memory
.- and so on .
It's really weird because , you know , it's your name and also is the name of a lot of different persons around the world.