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Lists of most common surnames in North American countries

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This article contains lists of the most common surnames in some of the countries of North America, including one transcontinental country. Countries are arranged in alphabetical order.

Canada

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Top 10 common surnames in Canada[1]
Rank Surname Number
1 Smith 192,145
2 Brown 108,859
3 Tremblay 106,668
4 Martin 91,680
5 Roy 90,417
6 Gagnon 85,120
7 Lee 83,424
8 Wilson 82,768
9 Johnson 79,492
10 MacDonald 78,766

Québec

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Top 10 common surnames in Quebec as of 2006.[2]

Rank Surname % of pop
1 Tremblay 1.08%
2 Gagnon 0.790%
3 Roy 0.753%
4 Côté 0.624%
5 Bouchard 0.530%
6 Gauthier 0.522%
7 Morin 0.498%
8 Lavoie 0.458%
9 Fortin 0.449%
10 Gagné 0.448%

Costa Rica

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Most common surnames in Costa Rica as of 2007.[3]

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

Cuba

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Most common surnames in Cuba.[4]

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

Dominican Republic

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# Surname Adults % of adults Origin
1 Rodríguez 225,321 — Spanish
2 Pérez 158,059 — Spanish
3 Martínez 141,259 — Spanish
4 García 137,124 — Spanish
5 Reyes 104,892 — Spanish
6 Sánchez 104,392 — Spanish
7 Díaz 95,106 — Spanish
8 Peña 94,396 — Spanish
9 Jiménez 92,978 — Spanish
10 Ramírez 92,863 — Spanish
11 Hernández 91,080 — Spanish
12 Rosario 89,630 — Spanish
13 González 85,757 — Spanish
14 Santana 81,973 — Portuguese/Spanish
15 Núñez 79,374 — Spanish
16 Castillo 78,338 — Spanish
17 de la Cruz 76,977 — Spanish
18 Cruz 64,613 — Portuguese/Spanish
19 Guzmán 63,073 — Spanish
20 Gómez 62,310 — Spanish
21 Santos 60,613 — Spanish/Portuguese
22 López 59,566 — Spanish
23 Fuentes 58,518 — Spanish
24 Vásquez 56,149 — Spanish
25 De Los Santos 54,634 — Spanish
26 Mejía 51,605 — Spanish
27 Ponce 49,952 — Spanish
28 Fernández 49,712 — Spanish
29 Vargas 49,353 — Portuguese/Spanish
30 Montes 48,574 — Spanish
Total pop.

El Salvador

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Most common surnames in El Salvador as of 2005.[5]

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

Guatemala

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Most common surnames in Guatemala as of 2015.[7]

# Surname Persons % of pop.
1 López 371,525 2.5%
2 García 285,670 1.9%
3 Morales 228,167 1.5%
4 Hernández 222,755 1.5%
5 Pérez 209,963 1.4%
6 González 208,795 1.4%
7 Rodríguez 135,978 0.9%
8 De León 134,010 0.9%
9 Ramírez 131,796 0.9%
10 Martínez 123,186 0.8%
11 Castillo 116,298 0.8%
12 Estrada 115,252 0.8%
13 Marroquín 113,961 0.8%
14 Gómez 110,824 0.7%
15 Vásquez 102,153 0.7%
16 Méndez 98,462 0.7%
17 Reyes 95,449 0.6%
18 Díaz 94,403 0.6%
19 Aguilar 94,096 0.6%
20 Velásquez 89,975 0.6%
First 20 3,082,718 20.7%
Total population (2015) 14,918,999[8] 100%

Mexico

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Below are the most common surnames of Mexico. All of the surnames listed are of Spanish origin.[9]

Rank Surname Number
1 Hernández 5,526,929
2 García 4,129,360
3 Martínez 3,886,887
4 González 3,188,693
5 López 3,148,024
6 Rodríguez 2,744,179
7 Pérez 2,746,468
8 Sánchez 2,234,625
9 Ramírez 2,070,723
10 Flores 1,392,707
11 Gómez 989,295
12 Torres 841,966
13 Díaz 811,553
14 Vásquez 806,894
15 Cruz 800,874
16 Morales 771,796
17 Gutiérrez 748,789
18 Reyes 738,320
19 Ruíz 708,718
20 Jiménez 670,453
21 Mendoza 613,683
22 Aguilar 611,904
23 Ortíz 576,989
24 Álvarez 557,332
25 Castillo 553,799
26 Romero 540,922
27 Moreno 539,927
28 Chávez 517,392
29 Rivera 508,022
30 Ramos 455,728
31 Herrera 451,226
32 Medina 431,518
33 Vargas 427,854
34 Castro 419,216
35 Méndez 410,239
36 Guzmán 392,284
37 Fernández 385,741
38 Juárez 384,929
39 Muñoz 376,633
40 Ortega 372,471
41 Salazar 368,231
42 Rojas 365,457
43 Guerrero 361,557
44 Contreras 358,521
45 Luna 357,578
46 Domínguez 348,182
47 Garza 335,829
48 Velásquez 331,510
49 Estrada 324,103
50 Soto 306,227
51 Cortez 301,954
52 Lara 298,034
53 Espinoza 289,842
54 Vega 285,864
55 Ávila 284,530
56 Cervantes 276,101
57 Sandoval 273,091
58 Carrillo 267,333
59 Alvarado 266,993
60 Silva 265,553
61 León 260,246
62 Ríos 260,141
63 Navarro 258,408
64 Delgado 254,273
65 Márquez 248,933
66 Campos 246,709
67 Ibarra 241,343
68 Solís 240,008
69 Rosas 237,339
70 Miranda 233,910
71 Camacho 233,858
72 Valdez 232,680
73 Cárdenas 230,848
74 Orozco 228,963
75 Aguirre 228,754
76 Mejía 227,392
77 Acosta 224,385
78 Padilla 223,205
79 Robles 222,472
80 Núñez 222,153
81 Peña 220,868
82 Cabrera 220,647
83 Rosales 218,935
84 Molina 217,049
85 Pacheco 212,981
86 Castañeda 212,078
87 Fuentes 210,342
88 Valenzuela 210,221
89 Rangel 209,232
90 Ayala 208,964
91 Meza 207,662
92 Nava 203,308
93 Valencia 198,634
94 Maldonado 195,043
95 Ochoa 192,341
96 Serrano 185,071
97 Tapia 183,351
98 Salinas 183,098
99 Suárez 182,020
100 Zamora 181,835

United States

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The table below presents the most common 100 surnames as of the 2010 Census. It includes the total number of people with each surname as well as the rate per 100,000 people. Figures for the 2000 Census are also included for comparison.[10]

In 2010, there were 51,089,493 people with last names in the top 100, representing 16.5% of the total (308,745,538). Surnames appearing less than 100 times represented less than 10% of the population.[11] The most common surname remains Smith; over two million Americans have that name and it is the most common name for white, native and multiracial residents. The most common name among black Americans was Williams and the most common name among Asian Americans was Nguyen. The name Wilson was 10th in the 2000 census but was replaced by Martinez in 2010. The names Garcia and Rodriguez had previously entered the top ten in the 2000 Census, replacing Taylor and Moore.[12]

Name Count
2010 		Rate
2010 		Count
2000 		Rate
2000
Smith 2,442,977 828.2 2,376,206 880.9
Johnson 1,932,812 655.2 1,857,160 688.4
Williams 1,625,252 551.0 1,534,042 568.7
Brown 1,437,026 487.2 1,380,145 511.6
Jones 1,425,470 483.2 1,362,755 505.2
Garcia 1,166,120 395.3 858,289 318.2
Miller 1,161,437 393.7 1,127,803 418.1
Davis 1,116,357 378.5 1,072,335 397.5
Rodriguez 1,094,924 371.2 804,240 298.1
Martinez 1,060,159 359.4 775,072 287.3
Hernandez 1,043,281 353.7 706,372 261.9
Lopez 874,523 296.5 621,536 230.4
Gonzalez 841,025 285.1 597,718 221.6
Wilson 801,882 271.8 783,051 290.3
Anderson 784,404 265.9 762,394 282.6
Thomas 756,142 256.3 710,696 263.5
Taylor 751,209 254.7 720,370 267.0
Moore 724,374 245.6 698,671 259.0
Jackson 708,099 240.1 666,125 246.9
Martin 702,625 238.2 672,711 249.4
Lee 693,023 234.9 605,860 224.6
Perez 681,645 231.1 488,521 181.1
Thompson 664,644 225.3 644,368 238.9
White 660,491 223.9 639,515 237.1
Harris 624,252 211.6 593,542 220.0
Sanchez 612,752 207.7 441,242 163.6
Clark 562,679 190.8 548,369 203.3
Ramirez 557,423 189.0 388,987 144.2
Lewis 531,781 180.3 509,930 189.0
Robinson 529,821 179.6 503,028 186.5
Walker 523,129 177.3 501,307 185.8
Young 484,447 164.2 465,948 172.7
Allen 482,607 163.6 463,368 171.8
King 465,422 157.8 438,986 162.7
Wright 458,980 155.6 440,367 163.2
Scott 439,530 149.0 420,091 155.7
Torres 437,813 148.4 325,169 120.5
Nguyen 437,645 148.4 310,125 115.0
Hill 434,827 147.4 411,770 152.6
Flores 433,969 147.1 312,615 115.9
Green 430,182 145.8 413,477 153.3
Adams 427,865 145.1 413,086 153.1
Nelson 424,958 144.1 412,236 152.8
Baker 419,586 142.2 413,351 153.2
Hall 407,076 138.0 473,568 175.6
Rivera 391,114 132.6 299,463 111.0
Campbell 386,157 130.9 371,953 137.9
Mitchell 384,486 130.3 367,433 136.2
Carter 376,966 127.8 362,548 134.4
Roberts 376,774 127.7 366,215 135.8
Gomez 365,655 124.0 263,590 97.7
Phillips 360,802 122.3 351,848 130.4
Evans 355,593 120.6 342,237 126.9
Turner 348,627 118.2 335,663 124.4
Diaz 347,636 117.9 251,772 93.3
Parker 336,221 114.0 324,246 120.2
Cruz 334,201 113.3 231,065 85.7
Edwards 332,423 112.7 317,070 117.5
Collins 329,770 111.8 317,848 117.8
Reyes 327,904 111.2 232,511 86.2
Stewart 324,957 110.2 312,899 116.0
Morris 318,884 108.1 311,754 115.6
Morales 311,777 105.7 217,642 80.7
Murphy 308,417 104.6 300,501 111.4
Cook 302,589 102.6 294,795 109.3
Rogers 302,261 102.5 294,403 109.1
Gutierrez 293,218 99.4 212,905 78.9
Ortiz 286,899 97.3 214,683 79.6
Morgan 286,280 97.1 276,400 102.5
Cooper 280,791 95.2 270,097 100.1
Peterson 278,297 94.3 275,041 102.0
Bailey 277,845 94.2 265,916 98.6
Reed 277,030 93.9 267,443 99.1
Kelly 267,394 90.7 260,385 96.5
Howard 264,826 89.8 254,779 94.5
Ramos 263,464 89.3 193,096 71.6
Kim 262,352 88.9 194,067 71.9
Cox 261,231 88.6 253,771 94.1
Ward 260,464 88.3 254,121 94.2
Richardson 259,798 88.1 249,533 92.5
Watson 252,579 85.6 242,432 89.9
Brooks 251,663 85.3 240,751 89.3
Chavez 250,898 85.1 185,865 68.9
Wood 250,715 85.0 247,299 91.7
James 249,379 84.5 233,224 86.5
Bennett 247,599 83.9 239,055 88.6
Gray 246,116 83.4 236,713 87.8
Mendoza 242,771 82.3 168,567 62.5
Ruiz 238,234 80.8 175,429 65.0
Hughes 236,271 80.1 229,390 85.0
Price 235,251 79.8 228,756 84.8
Alvarez 233,983 79.3 168,817 62.6
Castillo 230,420 78.1 165,473 61.3
Sanders 230,374 78.1 220,902 81.9
Patel 229,973 78.0 145,066 53.8
Myers 229,895 77.9 224,824 83.3
Long 229,374 77.8 223,494 82.9
Ross 229,368 77.8 219,961 81.5
Foster 227,764 77.2 221,040 81.9
Jimenez 227,118 77.0 157,475 58.4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Most Common Last Names In Canada". Forebears. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Les 1 000 premiers noms de famille selon le rang, Québec". stat.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Institut de la statistique du Québec. 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
  3. ^ "Conozca los nombres más curiosos del país". Periódico Al Día. June 17, 2007. Archived from the original on February 22, 2009.
  4. ^ "Cuba Genealogy Resources & Vital Records". forebears.co.uk.
  5. ^ "¿Quiénes somos?". El Diario de Hoy. 2005.
  6. ^ CIA (14 July 2022). "El Salvador". CIA World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: CIA.
  7. ^ "¿Piensas que tu apellido es común? Mira los 50 que más se repiten en Guatemala". Publinews (in Spanish). November 10, 2015. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ CIA (14 July 2022). "Guatemala". CIA World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: CIA.
  9. ^ Z, Antonio L. (23 April 2008). "Habla para que te conozca: 3 148 024 SEÑORAS Y SEÑORES LÓPEZ".
  10. ^ "Common U.S. Surnames". US Census. February 26, 2024. Retrieved 23 Dec 2024.
  11. ^ "Frequently Occurring Surnames in the 2010 Census" (PDF). US Census. October 2016. Retrieved 23 Dec 2024.
  12. ^ "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 1990 Census". US Census. December 16, 2021. Retrieved 23 Dec 2024.

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