List of most common surnames in South America

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

Contents

Argentina

All surnames are of Spanish origin, except for Olivera, which is of Portuguese origin (Oliveira), entering via Brazil. Franco and Roldán came from Spain via France.

Argentina[1]
1 González 568.240 1,472%
2 Rodríguez 483.212 1,252%
3 Gómez 426.253 1,104%
4 Fernández 411.462 1,066%
5 López 393.704 1,020%
6 Díaz 346.271 0,897%
7 Martínez 336.094 0,870%
8 Pérez 294.527 0,763%
9 García 290.821 0,753%
10 Sánchez 271.351 0,703%
11 Romero 256.397 0,664%
12 Sosa 187.974 0,487%
13 Álvarez 173.055 0,448%
14 Torres 166.497 0,431%
15 Ruiz 160.483 0,415%
16 Ramírez 154.248 0,399%
17 Flores 140.829 0,364%
18 Acosta 135.893 0,352%
19 Benítez 133.599 0,346%
20 Medina 132.625 0,343%
21 Suárez 130.607 0,338%
22 Herrera 129.372 0,335%
23 Aguirre 126.822 0,328%
24 Pereyra 125.009 0,323%
25 Gutiérrez 124.550 0,322%
26 Giménez 123.938 0,321%
27 Molina 119.674 0,310%
28 Silva 118.825 0,307%
29 Castro 118.106 0,306%
30 Rojas 116.775 0,302%
31 Ortíz 107.835 0,279%
32 Núñez 104.668 0,271%
33 Luna 104.581 0,270%
34 Juárez 100.092 0,261%
35 Cabrera 99.884 0,258%
36 Ríos 98.761 0,255%
37 Ferreyra 96.761 0,250%
38 Godoy 96.228 0,249%
39 Morales 95.628 0,247%
40 Domínguez 94.781 0,245%
41 Moreno 94.537 0,245%
42 Peralta 92.707 0,240%
43 Vega 92.127 0,238%
44 Carrizo 91.365 0,236%
45 Quiroga 89.583 0,232%
46 Castillo 88.398 0,229%
47 Ledesma 88.394 0,229%
48 Muñoz 81.343 0,210%
49 Ojeda 80.233 0,207%
50 Ponce 80.050 0,207%
51 Vera 79.882 0,206%
52 Vázquez 75.365 0,195%
53 Villalba 74.107 0,192%
54 Cardozo 73.932 0,191%
55 Navarro 73.907 0,191%
56 Ramos 73.458 0,190%
57 Arias 71.587 0,185%
58 Coronel 71.534 0,185%
59 Córdoba 70.713 0,183%
60 Figueroa 70.092 0,181%
61 Correa 70.055 0,181%
62 Cáceres 69.720 0,180%
62 Vargas 69.447 0,179%
64 Maldonado 68.510 0,177%
65 Mansilla 66.763 0,172%
66 Farías 66.535 0,172%
67 Rivero 66.461 0,172%
68 Paz 66.457 0,172%
69 Miranda 66.138 0,171%
70 Roldán 65.375 0,169%
71 Méndez 63.575 0,164%
72 Lucero 63.367 0,163%
73 Cruz 63.226 0,163%
74 Hernández 63.157 0,163%
75 Agüero 62.727 0,162%
76 Páez 60.580 0,156%
77 Blanco 59.333 0,154%
78 Mendoza 58.956 0,152%
79 Barrios 58.811 0,151%
80 Escobar 58.604 0,151%
81 Ávila 57.990 0,149%
82 Soria 57.192 0,148%
83 Leiva 55.633 0,144%
84 Acuña 55.515 0,143%
85 Martin 55.310 0,143%
86 Maidana 54.806 0,142%
87 Moyano 54.009 0,139%
88 Campos 52.282 0,135%
89 Olivera 51.972 0,134%
90 Duarte 51.493 0,133%
91 Soto 50.657 0,131%
92 Franco 50.613 0,131%
93 Bravo 50.588 0,131%
94 Valdéz 49.717 0,128%
95 Toledo 49.645 0,128%
96 Velázquez 49.543 0,128%
97 Montenegro 49.291 0,127%
98 Leguizamón 48.602 0,125%
99 Chávez 48.355 0,125%
100 Arce 47.344 0,122%
First 100 11.632.320 30,093 %
Total pop. (2005 est.) 38.592.150 100,000%

Chile

All surnames are Spanish in origin.

# Both surnames Persons[2]
1 González 741,388
2 Muñoz 578,673
3 Rojas 413,897
4 Díaz 410,802
5 Pérez 326,867
6 Soto 298,062
7 Contreras 276,887
8 Silva 259,950
9 Martínez 252,966
10 Sepúlveda 251,078
11 Morales 248,448
12 Rodríguez 243,695
13 López 240,181
14 Fuentes 228,609
15 Hernández 226,848
16 Torres 226,480
17 Araya 224,232
18 Flores 221,231
19 Espinoza 219,375
20 Valenzuela 215,025
21 Castillo 213,321
22 Ramírez 211,191
23 Reyes 208,752
24 Gutiérrez 201,734
25 Castro 199,508
26 Vargas 198,471
27 Álvarez 193,002
28 Vásquez 189,946
29 Tapia 179,905
30 Fernández 179,246
31 Sánchez 178,615
32 Carrasco 172,877
33 Gómez 172,758
34 Cortés 171,370
35 Herrera 170,309
36 Núñez 165,806
37 Jara 161,085
38 Vergara 155,118
39 Rivera 147,835
40 Figueroa 145,460
41 Riquelme 143,590
42 García 142,002
43 Miranda 138,939
44 Bravo 138,392
45 Vera 137,646
46 Molina 131,094
47 Vega 128,132
48 Campos 126,260
49 Sandoval 125,640
50 Orellana 123,619
51 Zúñiga 120,757
52 Olivares 120,074
53 Alarcón 118,019
54 Gallardo 117,752
55 Ortiz 117,228
56 Garrido 115,109
57 Salazar 113,881
58 Guzmán 109,922
59 Henríquez 109,364
60 Saavedra 108,702
61 Navarro 107,897
62 Aguilera 107,864
63 Parra 106,100
64 Romero 105,597
65 Aravena 105,441
66 Pizarro 105,352
67 Godoy 103,887
68 Peña 103,377
69 Cáceres 102,830
70 Leiva 99,890
71 Escobar 97,979
72 Yáñez 96,589
73 Valdés 96,528
74 Vidal 96,037
75 Salinas 94,110
76 Cárdenas 93,925
77 Jiménez 92,032
78 Ruiz 91,539
79 Lagos 91,024
80 Maldonado 89,091
81 Bustos 88,445
82 Medina 87,578
83 Pino 86,295
84 Palma 82,735
85 Moreno 82,548
86 Sanhueza 82,383
87 Carvajal 81,785
88 Navarrete 81,729
89 Sáez 80,938
90 Alvarado 79,985
91 Donoso 79,855
92 Poblete 79,248
93 Bustamante 78,732
94 Toro 78,659
95 Ortega 78,086
96 Venegas 76,900
97 Guerrero 76,823
98 Paredes 75,825
99 Farías 75,242
100 San Martín 74,575
Top 100 15,802,580
# 1st surname  % of pop.[3]
1 González 2.1
2 Muñoz 1.6
3 Rojas 1.2
4 Díaz 1.2
5 Pérez 0.9
6 Soto 0.8
7 Contreras 0.8
8 Silva 0.7
9 Martínez 0.7
10 Sepúlveda 0.7
Top 10 10.7

Note: The source (Civil Registry and Identification Service) does not mention the reference year or whether the count includes only the first surname or both surnames (Chile uses two surnames, but the second one is rarely mentioned). It is assumed the first table refers to both surnames (it is unknown if people having the same first and second surname are counted once or twice) and the second table to the first surname only. It is also unclear whether Chileans living abroad were counted, although it is probable that those that were born in Chile were included, as they were registered at birth.

Paraguay

The list of most common surnames in Paraguay, reflected in the national voters register, shows the influence of Castilian Spanish in the Paraguayan society.

Seven of the top 11 surnames end with "ez", the distinctive surname of Castilian. The suffix "ez" means "son of", thus González means "son of Gonzalo", Benítez is "son of Benito" and Martínez means "son of Martín". This case is similar to the suffix "son" in English (Johnson, son of John, Jackson, son of Jack) and the word "ic" or "ich" of the Slavs (Ivanovich, son of Ivan), etc.

Paraguay[4]
2008 Surname
Rank %
1 6.62 González
2 4.84 Benítez
3 4.18 Martínez
4 3.13 López
5 2.61 Giménez
6 2.54 Vera
7 2.08 Duarte
8 2.05 Ramírez
9 2.01 Villalba
10 1.94 Fernández
11 1.81 Gómez
12 1.78 Acosta
13 1.76 Rojas
14 1.69 Ortiz
15 1.68 Cáceres
16 1.58 Rodríguez
17 1.57 Ruíz
18 1.54 Núñez
19 1.48 Ayala
20 1.46 Báez
21 1.39 Galeano
22 1.34 Ferreira
23 1.27 Franco
24 1.25 Torres
25 1.25 Cardozo

Peru

Peru[5]
2010 Surname
Rank % (of the sample)
1 2.175 Quispe (Quechuan surname)
2 2.144 Flores
3 2.031 Sánchez
4 1.987 Rodríguez
5 1.948 García
6 1.66 Rojas
7 1.456 González
8 1.434 Díaz
9 1.412 Chávez
10 1.403 Torres
11 1.395 Ramírez
12 1.373 Mendoza
13 1.364 Ramos
14 1.351 López
15 1.26 Castillo
16 1.26 Espinoza
17 1.172 Vásquez
18 1.076 Huamán (Quechuan surname)
19 1.072 Pérez
20 1.068 Vargas
21 1.042 Gutiérrez
22 0.985 Fernández
23 0.981 Castro
24 0.928 Mamani (Aymara surname)
25 0.928 Ruíz
26 0.854 Romero
27 0.846 Martínez
28 0.832 Morales
29 0.824 Reyes
30 0.802 Salazar

See also

References

  1. ^ "Top Surnames Argentina" (in English). [1]. http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/SearchArea.aspx. Retrieved 05 MArch 2010.  (Broken Link - not trustwothy)
  2. ^ "TRES MILLONES DE CHILENOS FIGURAN CON LOS APELLIDOS MÁS COMUNES," Terra Networks, July 22, 2008.
  3. ^ ""González, Muñoz y Rojas son los apellidos más comunes en Chile", La Tercera, page 22, Sunday, November 15, 2009.
  4. ^ "Los apellidos más comunes en el padrón que se usará en abril" (in Spanish). [2]. http://www.ultimahora.com/adjuntos/documentos/20080324-4.pdf. Retrieved March 24, 2008. 
  5. ^ "Apellidos de los Peruanos" (in Spanish). [3]. http://www.deperu.com/apellidos-peruanos/. Retrieved 25 October 2010. 
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