List Of Common Spanish Surnames

These are lists of the most common Spanish surnames in Spain, Mexico, Hispanophone Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic), and other Latin American countries.

Spain

List of the most common Surnames in Spain.

# García – 1,378,000 people (3.48%) Pre-Roman, Basque.
# Fernández – 851,000 (2.15%) Son of Fernando; Germanic
# González – 839,000 (2.12%) Son of Gonzalo, from the Latinised form Gundisalvus; Germanic
# Rodríguez – 804,000 (2.03%) Son of Rodrigo, Roderic; Germanic
# López – 796,000 (2.01%) Son of Lope, Latin Lupus, meaning wolf
# Martínez – 788,000 (1.97%) Son of Martín, Son of Martino, Latin Martis, genitive form of Mars
# Sánchez – 725,000 (1.83%) Son of Sancho, Latin Sanctius
# Pérez – 709,000 (1.79%) Son of Pedro, Latin Petrus
# Martín – 459,000 (1.16%)
# Gómez – 440,000 (1.11%) Son of Gomes, Gomo, or Gomaro; Germanic
# Ruiz – 321,000 (0.81%) Son of Ruy, variation or short for Rodrigo
# Hernández – 305,000 (0.77%) Son of Hernando, variation of Fernando
# Jiménez – 293,000 (0.74%) son of Jimeno, Xemeno, origin god or Ximeno
# Díaz – 293,000 (0.74%) Son of Diego
# Álvarez – 273,000 (0.69%) Son of Álvaro, from Alvar; Germanic
# Moreno – 261,000 (0.66%) Brown-haired, tanned, brunet
# Muñoz – 241,000 (0.61%) Son of Munio; Pre-Roman
# Alonso – 206,000 (0.52%) Variation of Alfonso; Germanic
# Gutiérrez – 170,000 (0.43%) Son of Gutier, Gutierre, or Gualtierre; Germanic
# Romero – 170,000 (0.43%) (''pilgrim'') (can also be Italian in origin)
# Navarro – 158,400 (0.40%) Navarrese, "from Navarre"; toponym
# Torres – 134,600 (0.34%) Towers; toponym
# Domínguez – 134,600 (0.34%) Son of Domingo, from Latin Domenicus, Dominus, "master"
# Gil – 134,600 (0.34%) From older form Egidio; patronymic
# Vázquez – 130,000 (0.33%) Son of Vasco or Velasco
# Serrano – 122,700 (0.31%) "Highlander"
# Ramos – 118,000 (0.30%) Branches; meaning born during Christian festivity Palm Sunday
# Blanco – 118,000 (0.30%) "White"
# Sanz – 106,900 (0.27%)
# Castro – 102,900 (0.26%) "castle, fort , village". See castro and castrum
# Suárez – 102,900 (0.26%) Son of Suero or Suaro; unknown origin
# Ortega – 99,000 (0.25%) From Ortiga, nettle plant
# Rubio – 99,000 (0.25%) Blond, fair-haired; Latin Rubeus, meaning ruddy, reddish
# Molina – 99,000 (0.25%) (Mill, place with mills)
# Delgado – 95,000 (0.24%) "Thin man"
# Ramírez – 95,000 (0.24%) Son of Ramiro, Radamir, or Radmir; Germanic
# Morales – 95,000 (0.24%) Blackberry groves
# Ortiz – 87,120 (0.22%) Son of Orti; from Basque ''Ortún'', from Latin ''Fortis'', meaning strong one, or Latin ''Fortunius'', meaning fortunate one
# Marín - 83,160 (0.21%) Latin Marinus, meaning marine
# Iglesias – 83,160 (0.21%) "Churches"

Source: – Data from December 1999.
2004 data confirmation of top 25

Mexico

List of the most common surnames in Mexico:

# Hernández – 5,526,929
# García – 4,129,360
# Martínez – 3,886,887
# González – 3,188,693
# López – 3,148,024
# Rodríguez – 2,744,179
# Pérez – 2,746,468
# Sánchez – 2,234,625
# Ramírez – 2,070,723
# Flores – 1,392,707 – From Asturias meaning "Flowers"
# Gómez – 989,295
# Torres – 841,966
# Díaz – 811,553
# Vásquez – 806,894
# Cruz – 800,874 – From Castile meaning "Cross"
# Morales – 771,796
# Gutiérrez – 748,789
# Reyes – 738,320 – Meaning either "Kings" or "Royalty"
# Ruíz – 708,718
# Jiménez – 670,453 – From Basque
# Mendoza – 613,683 – From Basque meaning "Mountain"
# Aguilar – 611,904 – Meaning eagles nest, from Latin aquilare 'haunt of eagles'
# Ortíz – 576,989 – From Basque or Latin, Son of Orti
# Álvarez – 557,332
# Castillo – 553,799 – Meaning "Castle"
# Romero – 540,922 – Can be either Spanish or Italian, and have multiple meanings.
# Moreno – 539,927
# Chávez – 517,392 – From Portuguese and Galician, from various places by the name, places derive name from Latin clavis “keys” or aquis Flaviis “at the waters of Flavius”
# Rivera – 508,022 – Meaning either "Riverbank" or "Roadside"
# Ramos – 455,728
# Herrera – 451,226 – From the Latin word ferrāria, meaning either "Iron Mine" or "Iron Works".
# Medina – 431,518 – From the Arabic word madina, meaning city.
# Vargas – 427,854 – From Spanish and Portuguese, from various places called Vargas, meaning variously "thatched hut", "steep slope", or "fenced pastureland which becomes waterlogged in winter".
# Castro – 419,216 – Meaning "village" especially the “hill forts” of the Galician area
# Méndez – 410,239 – Son of Mendo
# Guzmán – 392,284 – From Burgos
# Fernández – 385,741 – Son of Fernando
# Juárez – 384,929 – Regional variant of Suárez, meaning swineherd, from Latin suerius
# Muñoz – 376,633 – Son of Muño
# Ortega – 372,471
# Salazar – 368,231 – From Burgos, meaning in Basque "Old hall"
# Rojas – 365,457 – From various places in Burgos or Lugo called Rojas, meaning "red"
# Guerrero – 361,557 – Meaning "Warrior"
# Contreras – 358,521 – "from the surrounding area", toponymic
# Luna – 357,578 – Can be both Spanish, Italian, and Romanian, meaning "Moon".
# Domínguez – 348,182 - Son of Domingo , from Latin Domenicus, Dominus, "master"
# Garza – 335,829 – From Basque and Galician, Spanish meaning "heron", used as a descriptor or as part of a place name.
# Velásquez – 331,510 – Son of Velasco
# Estrada – 324,103 – From various places called Estrada, meaning "road", from Latin stata "via" denoting a paved way.
# Soto – 306,227 – From various places called Soto, meaning "grove" or "small wood", from Latin saltus
# Cortez – 301,954 – Meaning "courteous" or "polite"

Hispanophone Caribbean

Cuba

List of the most common surnames in Cuba:

# Rodríguez – 301, 136
# Pérez – 300,189
# González – 262,311
# Hernández – 215,593
# García – 208,965
# Martinez – 148,674
# Diaz – 136,364
# Fernández – 134,470
# López – 127,525
# Álvarez – 101,010

Dominican Republic

List of the most common surnames in the Dominican Republic:

# Rodríguez – 225,321
# Pérez – 158,059
# Martínez – 141,259
# García – 137,124
# Reyes – 104,892
# Sánchez – 104,392
# Díaz – 95,106
# Peña – 94,396
# Jiménez – 92,978
# Ramírez – 92,863
# Hernández – 91,080
# Rosario – 89,630
# González – 85,757
# Santana – 81,973
# Núñez – 79,374
# Castillo – 78,338
# De la Cruz – 76,977 – Meaning "Of the Cross"
# Cruz – 64,613
# Guzmán – 63,073
# Gómez – 62,310
# Santos – 60,613 – A name of Christian origins, meaning "Saints".
# López – 59,566
# Fuentes – 58,518 – Meaning "Fountains".
# Vásquez – 56,149

Puerto Rico

List of the most common surnames in Puerto Rico:

# Sanchez - 128,384
# Rivera - 114,777
# Diaz - 107,640
# Rodriguez- 102,137
# Narvaez - 70,764
# Burgos - 68,522
# Colón - 64,692
# Vázquez - 62,659
# Ramos - 60,232
# Ortiz - 60,231
# Morales - 56,574
# Betancourt - 53,974
# Cruz - 52,117
# Santiago - 51,371
# Reyes - 48,780
# Perez - 48,461

Other Latin American countries

Guatemala

List of the most common surnames in Guatemala:

# Lopez - 371,525
# Garcia - 285,670
# Morales - 228,167
# Hernández - 222,755
# Pérez - 209,963
# González - 208,795
# Rodríguez - 135,978
# De León - 134,010
# Martínez - 123,186
# Castillo - 116,298
# Estrada - 115,252
# Marroquín - 113,961
# Gómez - 110,824
# Vásquez - 102,153
# Méndez - 98,462
# Reyes - 95,449

See also

*Spanish naming customs
* Naming customs of Hispanic America

References

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Surnames of Spanish origin