List of most common surnames in Central America
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| 1 | Jiménez | ||
| 2 | Morán Morán Morán is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:*Carlos Morán, footballer*Carolina Morán, model*Fátima Leyva Morán, footballer*Fernando Navarro Morán, footballer*Héctor Morán, footballer*Humberto Fernández Morán, scientist... |
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| 3 | Rodríguez | ||
| 4 | González Gonzalez (surname) González is a family name that originated in Spain. In Spain, it is the second most common surname with 2.08% of the population bearing the surname.. It's also very popular in Latin America, being the most common one in countries like Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Paraguay, and thus making it... |
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| 5 | Hernández Hernández Hernández is a Spanish and Portuguese surname that came into common use around the 15th century. Originally a patronymic, it means son of Hernán or sometimes son of the traveler-Television and film personalities:... |
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| 6 | Morales Morales -People:* Amado Morales , Puerto Rican javelin thrower* Carlos Adrián Morales, Mexican football player* Carlos Luis Morales, Ecuadorian football goalkeeper* Carlos Morales Santos, Paraguayan football player... |
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| 7 | Sánchez Sánchez Sánchez is a popular Spanish surname. It may also refer to:*Sánchez, Dominican Republic, a municipality in Samaná Province, Dominican Republic*Sanchez , a reggae singer... |
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| 8 | Ramírez Ramirez (surname) Ramírez is a patronymic Spanish surname meaning "son of Ramiro". Although it should be properly written with an acute accent on the i, it is commonly written without it... |
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| 9 | Pérez Pérez Pérez is a surname with at least two distinct origins. One is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Pero, Pedro, or Peter." In Castilian Spanish, the name is pronounced ; in Latin America, . In American English, it is often the hyperforeign .... |
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| 10 | Calderón | ||
| 11 | Gutiérrez Gutierrez Gutiérrez is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Gutierre." Gutierre is a form of Gualtierre, Spanish form of Walter. In English, "Gutiérrez" is often spelled "Gutierrez".-People:* Álvaro Gutiérrez, Peruvian politician... |
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| 12 | Rojas Rojas -People:*Adrián Rojas , a Chilean professional football player*Aguelmis Rojas , a Cuban long-distance runner*Agustín de Rojas Villandrando , a Spanish writer and actor... |
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| 13 | Salas Salas Salas is a town and concejo in the Principality of Asturias. It lies on the road from San Sebastián to Santiago de Compostela, and on a small subtributary of the river Narcea... |
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| 14 | Vargas Vargas (surname) Vargas is a Spanish, Portuguese and South American surname stemming from old nobility with two branches, de Vargas and de Vargas-Machuca, and may refer to the following:-Actors and TV personalities:* Vivian Vargas, Filipino actor.... |
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| 15 | Torres Torres Torres is a Portuguese and Spanish languages surname meaning "Towers". It may refer to the following people or fictional characters:-Athletes:* Abraham Torres, Venezuelan boxer* Andrés Torres, Puerto Rican baseball player... |
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| 16 | Segura Segura (disambiguation) Segura is a common name in Spanish.Geographical names include:*Segura, a river in southeastern Spain*Segura , a town in the province of Gipuzkoa, Spain*Segura de los Baños, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain... |
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| 17 | Valverde Valverde (surname) Valverde is a surname, and may refer to:* Alejandro Valverde , Spanish cyclist* Ernesto Valverde , Spanish football player and coach* Félix Malpica Valverde , Mexican radio personality... |
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| 18 | Villalobos Villalobos (surname) Villalobos is a Jewish Spanish family name surname and common in Spain, Latin America, Italy, and The Philippines.... |
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| 19 | Araya Araya Araya is a town located on Venezuela's Caribbean coast, on the easternmost extremity of the Araya Peninsula.-Araya Fortress:The Araya Fortress is a beige-brown stone masonry fortification. The fortification was built in order to defend Araya and the Araya Peninsula against Caribbean... |
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| 20 | Herrera Herrera -Places:*Herrera de Pisuerga, a town in the province of Palencia, Spain*Herrera Province, Panama*Herrera, Spain, a municipality in the province of Sevilla*Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport*Herrera, Entre Ríos in Argentina*Herrera, Santiago del Estero in Argentina... |
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| 21 | López López López is a common surname in the Spanish language . It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Lope, Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning wolf... |
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| 22 | Madrigal Madrigal de las Altas Torres Madrigal de las Altas Torres is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the municipality has a population of 1,825 inhabitants. In this village, Isabella I of Castille was born in 1451.... |
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| Total pop. (2008) | 4,016,173 | 100.00 | |
El SalvadorEl SalvadorEl Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
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Most common surnames in El SalvadorEl Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
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| 1 | Hernández Hernández Hernández is a Spanish and Portuguese surname that came into common use around the 15th century. Originally a patronymic, it means son of Hernán or sometimes son of the traveler-Television and film personalities:... |
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| 2 | Martínez Martínez (surname) Martínez, often spelled without the acute accent on the "i", is a common surname in the Spanish language. Martínez is the most common surname in Navarra, La Rioja, Cuenca and Murcia. There are also variations such as San Martin and Martín .It has originated as a patronymic surname, meaning "son of... |
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| 3 | López López López is a common surname in the Spanish language . It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Lope, Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning wolf... |
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| 4 | García García (surname) García is a surname common throughout the Americas, the Philippines and Spain. There are several theories about its origin and history, but it is probably of Basque origin... |
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| 5 | Rodríguez | ||
| 6 | Flores Flores (surname) -History:In Spain, Flores is first found in Asturias, where the Visigothic court took refuge after the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.In Italy, the surname's roots can be traced back to Naples around the early 14th century where records show a Flores family receiving land grants in the... |
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| 7 | Pérez Pérez Pérez is a surname with at least two distinct origins. One is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Pero, Pedro, or Peter." In Castilian Spanish, the name is pronounced ; in Latin America, . In American English, it is often the hyperforeign .... |
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| 8 | Ramírez Ramirez (surname) Ramírez is a patronymic Spanish surname meaning "son of Ramiro". Although it should be properly written with an acute accent on the i, it is commonly written without it... |
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| 9 | González Gonzalez (surname) González is a family name that originated in Spain. In Spain, it is the second most common surname with 2.08% of the population bearing the surname.. It's also very popular in Latin America, being the most common one in countries like Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Paraguay, and thus making it... |
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| 10 | Rivera Rivera Rivera is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. It is located at the north end of Route 5, on the border with Brazil. The Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento is right across the border, only a street away of it... |
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| 11 | Vásquez | ||
| 12 | Cruz | ||
| 13 | Mejía Mejia (surname) Mejia or Mejía, also written as Mexia or Mejias, is a Spanish surname of Jewish origin meaning messiah. It was first found in Galicia - an autonomous community in northwest Spain, after the Spanish obliged the Jewish settlers to change their surname to Castillian.-People with the surname Mejia:*... |
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| 14 | Rivas | ||
| 15 | Sánchez Sánchez (surname) Sánchez or Sanchez is a frequently common Spanish surname. As a patronymic, it means "son of Sancho". The name "Sancho" itself comes from the Basque Santxo.-Popularity:Sanchez is the fifth most common surname in Spain.-People:... |
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| 16 | Reyes | ||
| 17 | Díaz | ||
| 18 | Ramos | ||
| 19 | Gómez | ||
| 20 | Portillo Portillo (surname) Portillo is a surname of Castilian origin, specifically San Vicente de la Barquera in Santander, Spain.Portillo literally means "small port", from Latin portus.... |
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| 21 | Escobar | ||
| 22 | Orellana | ||
| 23 | Romero Romero Romero is a Spanish surname meaning "pilgrim" or "rosemary".It may refer to:-General:*E. Antonio Romero, Guatemalan philosopher, historian and writer*Enrique Badia Romero, Spanish comics artist known as Romero... |
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| 24 | Aguilar | ||
| 25 | Alvarado | ||
| Total population (2007) | 5,744,113https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/es.html#People | 100.00 | |
See also
- Lists of most common surnames
- List of most common surnames in Asia
- List of most common surnames in Europe
- List of most common surnames in North America
- List of most common surnames in Oceania
- List of most common surnames in South America
- List of surname repositories