List of most common surnames in Central America

This is a list of the most common surnames in Central America.

Contents

Costa Rica

Most common surnames in Costa Rica.[1]

# Surname Persons  % of pop.
1 Jiménez N/A N/A
2 Morán N/A N/A
3 Rodríguez N/A N/A
4 González N/A N/A
5 Hernández N/A N/A
6 Morales N/A N/A
7 Sánchez N/A N/A
8 Ramírez N/A N/A
9 Pérez N/A N/A
10 Calderón N/A N/A
11 Gutiérrez N/A N/A
12 Rojas N/A N/A
13 Salas N/A N/A
14 Vargas N/A N/A
15 Torres N/A N/A
16 Segura N/A N/A
17 Valverde N/A N/A
18 Villalobos N/A N/A
19 Araya N/A N/A
20 Herrera N/A N/A
21 López N/A N/A
22 Madrigal N/A N/A
Total pop. (2008) 4,016,173 100.00

El Salvador (2005)

Most common surnames in El Salvador.[2]

# Surname Number of people  % of population
1 Hernández N/A N/A
2 Martínez N/A N/A
3 López N/A N/A
4 García N/A N/A
5 Rodríguez N/A N/A
6 Flores N/A N/A
7 Pérez N/A N/A
8 Ramírez N/A N/A
9 González N/A N/A
10 Rivera N/A N/A
11 Vásquez N/A N/A
12 Cruz N/A N/A
13 Mejía N/A N/A
14 Rivas N/A N/A
15 Sánchez N/A N/A
16 Reyes N/A N/A
17 Díaz N/A N/A
18 Ramos N/A N/A
19 Gómez N/A N/A
20 Portillo N/A N/A
21 Escobar N/A N/A
22 Orellana N/A N/A
23 Romero N/A N/A
24 Aguilar N/A N/A
25 Alvarado N/A N/A
Total population (2007) 5,744,113[2] 100.00

See also

References

  1. ^ Source: "Conozca los nombres más curiosos del país," Periódico Al Día (Al Día newspaper).
  2. ^ Source: "[1] ¿Quiénes somos?," El Diario de Hoy (El Diario de Hoy newspaper).
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