List of common Spanish surnames

These are lists of the most common Spanish surnames in Spain, Mexico, The Caribbeans (Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic), Central America, South America, and Philippines.

Spanish

The list below is the most common in Spain. As of 2013, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in Spain listed at least 10 surnames that 20% of the country.[1]

  1. García – 1,378,000 people (3.48%) Pre-Roman, Basque.
  2. Fernández – 851,000 (2.15%) Son of Fernando; Germanic
  3. González – 839,000 (2.12%) Son of Gonzalo, from the Latinised form Gundisalvus; Germanic

Vidal

  1. Rodríguez – 804,000 (2.03%) Son of Rodrigo, Roderic; Germanic
  2. López – 796,000 (2.01%) Son of Lope, Latin Lupus, meaning wolf
  3. Martínez – 788,000 (1.97%) Son of Martín, Latin Martis, genitive form of Mars
  4. Sánchez – 725,000 (1.83%) Son of Sancho, Latin Sanctius
  5. Pérez – 709,000 (1.79%) Son of Pedro, Latin Petrus
  6. Martín – 459,000 (1.16%)
  7. Gómez – 440,000 (1.11%) Son of Gomes, Gomo, or Gomaro; Germanic
  8. Ruiz – 321,000 (0.81%) Son of Rui, variation or short for Rodrigo
  9. Hernández – 305,000 (0.77%) Son of Hernando, variation of Fernando
  10. Jiménez – 293,000 (0.74%) son of Jimeno, Xemeno, or Ximeno
  11. Díaz – 293,000 (0.74%) Son of Diego
  12. Álvarez – 273,000 (0.69%) Son of Álvaro, from Alvar; Germanic
  13. Moreno – 261,000 (0.66%) Brown-haired, tanned, brunet
  14. Muñoz – 241,000 (0.61%) Son of Munio; Pre-Roman
  15. Alonso – 206,000 (0.52%) Variation of Alfonso; Germanic
  16. Gutiérrez – 170,000 (0.43%) Son of Gutier, Gutierre, or Gualtierre; Germanic
  17. Romero – 170,000 (0.43%) (pilgrim)
  18. Navarro – 158,400 (0.40%) Navarrese, "from Navarre"; toponym
  19. Torres – 134,600 (0.34%) Towers; toponym
  20. Domínguez – 134,600 (0.34%) Son of Domingo, from Latin Domenicus, Dominus, "master"
  21. Gil – 134,600 (0.34%) From older form Egidio; patronymic
  22. Vázquez – 130,000 (0.33%) Son of Vasco or Velasco
  23. Serrano – 122,700 (0.31%) "Highlander"
  24. Ramos – 118,000 (0.30%) Branches; meaning born during Christian festivity Palm Sunday
  25. Blanco – 118,000 (0.30%) "White"
  26. Sanz – 106,900 (0.27%)
  27. Castro – 102,900 (0.26%) "village". See castro and castrum
  28. Suárez – 102,900 (0.26%) Son of Suero or Suaro; unknown origin
  29. Ortega – 99,000 (0.25%) From Ortiga, nettle plant
  30. Rubio – 99,000 (0.25%) Blond, fair-haired; Latin Rubeus, meaning ruddy, reddish
  31. Molina – 99,000 (0.25%) (Mill, place with mills)
  32. Delgado – 95,000 (0.24%) "Thin man"
  33. Ramírez – 95,000 (0.24%) Son of Ramiro, Radamir, or Radmir; Germanic
  34. Morales – 95,000 (0.24%) Blackberry groves
  35. Ortiz – 87,120 (0.22%) Son of Ortún; Latin Fortunius, meaning fortunate one
  36. Marín – 83,160 (0.21%) Latin Marinus, meaning sailor
  37. Iglesias – 83,160 (0.21%) "Churches"

Source:[2] – Data from December 1999. (2004 data confirmation of top 25)

Mexico

The list below are the most common in Mexico.

  1. Hernández – 5, 526, 929
  2. García – 4, 129, 360
  3. Martínez – 3, 886, 887
  4. González – 3, 188, 693
  5. Rodríguez – 2,744,179
  6. Pérez – 2,746,468 O
  7. Sánchez – 2,234,625
  8. Ramírez – 2,070,723
  9. Flores – 1,392,707 – From Asturias meaning "Flower"
  10. Gómez – 989,295
  11. Torres – 841,966
  12. Díaz – 811,553
  13. Vásquez – 806,894
  14. Cruz – 800,874 – From Castile meaning "Cross"
  15. Morales – 771,796
  16. Gutiérrez – 748,789
  17. Reyes – 738,320 – Meaning either "Kings" or "Royalty"
  18. Ruíz – 708,718
  19. Jiménez – 670,453 – From Basque
  20. Mendoza – 613,683 – From Basque meaning "Mountain"
  21. Aguilar – 611,904
  22. Ortíz – 576,989 – From Basque, meaning "Son of Orti"
  23. Álvarez – 557,332
  24. Castillo – 553,799 – Meaning "Castle"
  25. Romero – 540,922 – Can be either Spanish or Italian, and have multiple meanings.
  26. Moreno – 539,927
  27. Chávez – 517,392
  28. Rivera – 508,022 – Meaning either "Riverbank" or "Roadside"
  29. Ramos – 455,728
  30. Herrera – 451,226 – From the Latin word, FERRĀRIA, meaning either "Iron Mine" or "Iron Works".
  31. Medina – 431,518 – Arabic origins
  32. Vargas – 427,854 – Can be both Spanish and Portuguese.
  33. Castro – 419,216
  34. Méndez – 410,239 – Originally a Patronymic, meaning "Son of Mendo"
  35. Guzmán – 392,284 From Burgos
  36. Fernández – 385,741
  37. Juárez – 384,929
  38. Muñoz – 376,633
  39. Ortega – 372,471
  40. Salazar – 368,231 – From Burgos, meaning "Old hall"
  41. Rojas – 365,457
  42. Guerrero – 361,557 – Meaning "Warrior"
  43. Contreras – 358,521
  44. Luna – 357,578 – Can be both Spanish, Italian, and Romanian, meaning "Moon".
  45. Domínguez – 348,182
  46. Garza – 335,829 – From Basque and is Galician.
  47. Velásquez – 331,510 – A patronymic name, meaning "Son of Velasco"
  48. Estrada – 324,103 – Both Spanish and Portuguese
  49. Soto – 306,227
  50. Cortez – 301,954 – A Spanish and Portuguese surname, meaning "courteous" or "polite"

Caribbeans

Cuba

List of the most common Surnames in Cuba.[3]

  1. Rodríguez – 301, 136
  2. Pérez – 300,189
  3. González – 262,311
  4. Hernández – 215,593
  5. García – 208,965
  6. Martinez – 148,674
  7. Diaz – 136,364
  8. Fernández – 134,470
  9. López – 127,525
  10. Álvarez – 101,010

Dominican Republic

List of the most common Surnames in the Dominican Republic.

  1. Espinal– 225,000
  2. Pérez – 158,059
  3. Martínez – 141,259
  4. García – 137,124
  5. Reyes – 104,892
  6. Sánchez – 104,392
  7. Díaz – 95,106
  8. Peña – 94,396
  9. Jiménez – 92,978
  10. Ramírez – 92,863
  11. Hernández – 91,080
  12. Rosario – 89,630
  13. González – 85,757
  14. Santana – 81,973
  15. Núñez – 79,374
  16. Castillo – 78,338
  17. De la Cruz – 76,977 – Meaning "Of the Cross"
  18. Cruz – 64,613
  19. Guzmán – 63,073
  20. Gómez – 62,310
  21. Santos – 60,613 – A name of Christian origins, meaning "Saints".
  22. López – 59,566
  23. Fuentes – 58,518 – Meaning "Fountains".
  24. Vásquez – 56,149

Puerto Rico

List of common Surnames in Puerto Rico.

  1. Sanchez - 128,384
  2. Rivera - 114,777
  3. Diaz - 107,640
  4. Rodriguez- 102,137
  5. Narvaez - 70,764
  6. Burgos - 68,522
  7. Colón - 64,692
  8. Vasquez - 62,659
  9. Ramos - 60,232
  10. Ortiz - 60,231
  11. Morales - 56,574
  12. Betancourt - 53,974
  13. Cruz - 52,117
  14. Santiago - 51,371
  15. Reyes - 48,780
  16. Perez - 48,461
  17. Toro -
  18. Rosario-
  19. Amador-10,000

Central America

Guatemala

List of common Surnames in Guatemala.

  1. Lopez - 371,525
  2. Garcia - 285,670
  3. Morales - 228,167
  4. Hernández - 222,755
  5. Pérez - 209,963
  6. González - 208,795
  7. Rodríguez - 135,978
  8. De León - 134,010
  9. Martínez - 123,186
  10. Castillo - 116,298
  11. Estrada - 115,252
  12. Marroquín - 113,961
  13. Gómez - 110,824
  14. Vásquez - 102,153
  15. Méndez - 98,462
  16. Reyes - 95,449

References
  1. Ancestry.Com "
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Cuba Genealogy Resources & Vital Records". forebears.co.uk.
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