List of most common surnames in South America

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

Argentina

Most surnames are of Spanish, Italian, French, German, Irish and Polish descent, in that order.

Rank Surname # Pop. %
1Fernández568.2401,472%
2Rodríguez483.2121,252%
3González426.2531,104%
4García411.4621,066%
5López393.7041,020%
6Martínez346.2710,897%
7Pérez336.0940,870%
8Álvarez294.5270,763%
9Gómez290.8210,753%
10Sánchez271.3510,703%
11Díaz256.3970,664%
12Vásquez187.9740,487%
13Castro173.0550,448%
14Romero166.4970,431%
15Suárez160.4830,415%
16Blanco154.2480,399%
17Ruiz140.8290,364%
18Alonso135.8930,352%
19Torres133.5990,346%
20Domínguez132.6250,343%
21Gutiérrez130.6070,338%
22Sosa129.3720,335%
23Iglesias126.8220,328%
24Giménez125.0090,323%
25Ramírez124.5500,322%
26Martín123.9380,321%
27Varela119.6740,310%
28Ramos118.8250,307%
29Núñez118.1060,306%
30Rossi116.7750,302%
31Silva107.8350,279%
32Méndez104.6680,271%
33Hernández104.5810,270%
34Flores100.0920,261%
35Pereyra99.8840,258%
36Ferrari98.7610,255%
37Ortiz96.7610,250%
38Medina96.2280,249%
39Benítez95.6280,247%
40Herrera94.7810,245%
41Arias94.5370,245%
42Acosta92.7070,240%
43Moreno92.1270,238%
44Aguirre91.3650,236%
45Otero89.5830,232%
46Cabrera88.3980,229%
47Rey88.3940,229%
48Rojas81.3430,210%
49Vidal80.2330,207%
50Molina80.0500,207%
51Russo79.8820,206%
52Paz75.3650,195%
53Vega74.1070,192%
54Costa73.9320,191%
55Bruno73.9070,191%
56Romano73.4580,190%
57Morales71.5870,185%
58Ríos71.5340,185%
59Miranda70.7130,183%
60Muñoz70.0920,181%
61Franco70.0550,181%
62Castillo69.7200,180%
63Campos69.4470,179%
64Bianchi68.5100,177%
65Luna66.7630,172%
66Correa66.5350,172%
67Ferreyra66.4610,172%
68Navarro66.4570,172%
69Quiroga66.1380,171%
70Colombo65.3750,169%
71Cohen63.5750,164%
72Pereyra63.3670,163%
73Vera63.2260,163%
74Lorenzo63.1570,163%
75Gil62.7270,162%
76Santos60.5800,156%
77Delgado59.3330,154%
78Godoy58.9560,152%
79Rivas58.8110,151%
80Rivero58.6040,151%
81Gallo57.9900,149%
82Peralta57.1920,148%
83Soto55.6330,144%
84Figueroa55.5150,143%
85Juárez55.3100,143%
86Marino54.8060,142%
87Ponce54.0090,139%
88Calvo52.2820,135%
89Ibáñez51.9720,134%
90Cáceres51.4930,133%
91Carrizo50.6570,131%
92Vargas50.6130,131%
93Mendoza50.5880,131%
94Aguilar49.7170,128%
95Ledesma49.6450,128%
96Guzmán49.5430,128%
97Soria49.2910,127%
98Villalba48.6020,125%
99Prieto48.3550,125%
100Maldonado47.3440,122%
First 10011.632.32030,093%
Total pop. (2005 est.)38.592.150100,000%

Brazil

Most of the surnames of the Brazilian population have a Portuguese origin, due to Portuguese colonization in the country (it is estimated that 80% of the Brazilian population has at least one Portuguese ancestor), while other South American countries were largely colonized by the Spanish. However, due to historical immigration, there are also surnames of African, Arabic, Italian, German, Japanese, and Spanish origin. 2010 data:

RankSurnameShare of Brazilian population (in number of inhabitants)#Origin
1Silva10,5%20,882,120Portuguese
2Santos6,8%13,433,982Portuguese/Spanish
3Sousa4,9%9,810,832Portuguese
4Oliveira3,1%6,209,493Portuguese
5Pereira2,9%5,892,937Portuguese
6Lima2,5%5,007,393Portuguese
7Carvalho2,33%4,630,387Portuguese
8Ferreira2,29%4,590,010Portuguese
9Rodrigues2,27%4,510,002Portuguese/Spanish
10Almeida2,16%4,393,398Portuguese
11Costa1,94%3,905,800Portuguese
12Gomes1,92%3,848,000Portuguese/Spanish
13Martins1,83%3,650,200Portuguese
14Araújo1,69%3,320,780Portuguese
15Melo1.62%3,209,000Portuguese
16Barbosa1,52%3,040,300Portuguese/Spanish
17Ribeiro1,503%3,010,000Portuguese
18Alves1,48%2,960,500Portuguese/Spanish
19Cardoso1,41%2,830,120Portuguese
20Schmitz or Schmidt1,33%2,673,000German
21Rocha1,27%2,540,600Portuguese
22Correia, Correa1,25%2,505,070Portuguese/Spanish
23Dias1,23%2,467,000Portuguese/Spanish
24Teixeira1,2%2,408,500Portuguese
25Fernandes1,195%2,379,700Portuguese/Spanish
26Azevedo1,192%2,370,000Portuguese
27Cavalcante or Cavalcanti1,188%2,366,300Italian
28Montes1,183%2,362,000Portuguese/Spanish
29MoraisPortuguese
30Gonçalves1,174%2,348,000Portuguese/Spanish
First 3064,6%128,695,910

Chile

All surnames are Spanish in origin, with quite a few of them being Basque (e.g. Araya or Zúñiga)

#Either 1st or
2nd surname
Persons[1]
1González741,388
2Muñoz578,673
3Rojas413,897
4Díaz410,802
5Pérez326,867
6Soto298,062
7Contreras276,887
8Silva259,950
9Martínez252,966
10Sepúlveda251,078
11Morales248,448
12Rodríguez243,695
13López240,181
14Fuentes228,609
15Hernández226,848
16Torres226,480
17Araya224,232
18Flores221,231
19Espinoza219,375
20Valenzuela215,025
21Castillo213,321
22Ramírez211,191
23Reyes208,752
24Gutiérrez201,734
25Castro199,508
26Vargas198,471
27Álvarez193,002
28Vásquez189,946
29Tapia179,905
30Fernández179,246
31Sánchez178,615
32Carrasco172,877
33Gómez172,758
34Cortés171,370
35Herrera170,309
36Núñez165,806
37Jara161,085
38Vergara155,118
39Rivera147,835
40Figueroa145,460
41Riquelme143,590
42García142,002
43Miranda138,939
44Bravo138,392
45Vera137,646
46Molina131,094
47Vega128,132
48Campos126,260
49Sandoval125,640
50Orellana123,619
51Zúñiga120,757
52Olivares120,074
53Alarcón118,019
54Gallardo117,752
55Ortiz117,228
56Garrido115,109
57Salazar113,881
58Guzmán109,922
59Henríquez109,364
60Saavedra108,702
61Navarro107,897
62Aguilera107,864
63Parra106,100
64Romero105,597
65Aravena105,441
66Pizarro105,352
67Godoy103,887
68Peña103,377
69Cáceres102,830
70Leiva99,890
71Escobar97,979
72Yáñez96,589
73Valdés96,528
74Vidal96,037
75Salinas94,110
76Cárdenas93,925
77Jiménez92,032
78Ruiz91,539
79Lagos91,024
80Maldonado89,091
81Bustos88,445
82Medina87,578
83Pino86,295
84Palma82,735
85Moreno82,548
86Sanhueza82,383
87Carvajal81,785
88Navarrete81,729
89Sáez80,938
90Alvarado79,985
91Donoso79,855
92Poblete79,248
93Bustamante78,732
94Toro78,659
95Ortega78,086
96Venegas76,900
97Guerrero76,823
98Paredes75,825
99Farías75,242
100San Martín74,575
Top 10015,802,580
#1st surname% of
population[2]
1González4.7
2Muñoz3.7
3Rojas2.6
4Díaz2.6
5Pérez2.1
6Soto1.9
7Contreras1.8
8Silva1.6
9Martínez1.6
10Sepúlveda1.6
Top 1024.2

Note: The source (Civil Registry and Identification Service) does not mention the reference year (it was published in 2008) 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.

Colombia

All names in the list are of Spanish origin (2010 data).

#SurnamePeople
1Rodríguez707,789
2Gómez537,843
3González531,484
4Martínez530,721
5García524,835
6López509,880
7Hernández454,471
8Sánchez449,750
9Ramírez427,404
10Pérez418,660
11Díaz388,419
12Muñoz293,759
13Rojas286,038
14Moreno265,374
15Jiménez261,391

Source: National Civil Registry (2010)[3]

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.

Eight of the top 11 surnames end with "ez", the distinctive suffix of Castilian family names. The suffix "ez" means "son of"; thus, González means "son of Gonzalo", Benítez is "son of Benito" and Martínez means "son of Martín". This is similar to the suffix "son" in English (Johnson, "son of John", Jackson, "son of Jack") and to "ic" or "ich" of Slavic names such as Ivanovich ("son of Ivan").

Rank[4] % Surname Origin
16.62GonzálezSpanish
24.84BenítezSpanish
34.18MartínezSpanish
43.13LópezSpanish
52.61GiménezSpanish
62.54VeraSpanish
72.08DuarteSpanish
82.05RamírezSpanish
92.01VillalbaSpanish
101.94FernándezSpanish
111.81GómezSpanish
121.78AcostaSpanish
131.76RojasSpanish
141.69OrtizSpanish
151.68CáceresSpanish
161.58RodríguezSpanish
171.57RuizSpanish
181.54NúñezSpanish
191.48AyalaSpanish
201.46BáezSpanish
211.39GaleanoSpanish
221.34HerreraSpanish
231.27FrancoSpanish
241.25TorresSpanish
251.25CardozoSpanish

All surnames are of Spanish origin, except when noted.

Peru

All surnames are of Spanish origin, except when noted.

Rank[5] % (of the sample) Surname
12.175Quispe (Quechuan surname)
22.144Flores
32.031Sánchez
41.987Rodríguez
51.948García
61.66Rojas
71.456González
81.434Díaz
91.412Chávez
101.403Torres
111.395Ramírez
121.373Mendoza
131.364Ramos
141.351López
151.26Castillo
161.26Espinoza
171.172Vásquez
181.076Huamán (Quechuan surname)
191.072Pérez
201.068Vargas
211.042Gutiérrez
220.985Fernández
230.981Castro
240.928Mamani (Aymara surname)
250.928Ruíz
260.854Romero
270.846Martínez
280.832Morales
290.824Reyes
300.802Salazar


Suriname

Rank[6] Surname
1Lin
2Pinas
3Wong
4Chin
5Mohan
6Kalloe
7Singh
8Lie
9van Dijk
10Tjin
11Kluivert

See also

References

  1. "TRES MILLONES DE CHILENOS FIGURAN CON LOS APELLIDOS MÁS COMUNES". Terra Networks. 22 July 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  2. "González, Muñoz y Rojas son los apellidos más comunes en Chile" (PDF). La Tercera. 15 November 2009. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011.
  3. Los apellidos más comunes en Colombia Archived 29 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Nuestra Huella, número 46, 1 December 2010
  4. "Los apellidos más comunes en el padrón que se usará en abril" (PDF) (in Spanish). www.ultimahora.com. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  5. "Apellidos de los Peruanos" (in Spanish). . Retrieved 25 October 2010. External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. "The Top 10 most common surnames in Suriname". Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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