Appendix:Spanish surnames (Latin America)

Most surnames in Chile are from Spanish, but surnames from Basque (e.g. Araya, Vergara, Zúñiga) are also common, given the large number of Chileans with Basque ancestors.

2008

1. González

2. Muñoz

3. Rojas

4. Díaz

5. Pérez

6. Contreras

7. Soto

8. Silva

9. Martínez

10. Sepúlveda

11. Morales

12. Rodríguez

13. López

14. Fuentes

15. Hernández

16. Torres

17. Araya

18. Flores

19. Espinoza

20. Valenzuela

21. Castillo

22. Ramírez

23. Reyes

24. Gutiérrez

25. Castro

26. Vargas

27. Álvarez

28. Vasquez

29. Tapia

30. Fernández

31. Sánchez

32. Carrasco

33. Gómez

34. Cortés

35. Herrera

36. Núñez

37. Jara

38. Vergara

39. Rivera

40. Figueroa

41. Riquelme

42. García

43. Miranda

44. Bravo

45. Vera

46. Molina

47. Vega

48. Campos

49. Sandoval

50. Orellana

51. Zúñiga

52. Olivares

53. Alarcón

54. Gallardo

55. Ortiz

56. Garrido

57. Salazar

58. Guzmán

59. Henríquez

60. Saavedra

61. Navarro

62. Aguilera

63. Parra

64. Romero

65. Aravena

66. Pizarro

67. Godoy

68. Peña

69. Cáceres

70. Leiva

71. Escobar

72. Yáñez

73. Valdés

74. Vidal

75. Salinas

Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación. Only based on statistics for those as the first surname.

Colombia

Costa Rica

1. Rodríguez

2. Vargas

3. Jiménez

4. Mora

5. Rojas

6. González

7. Sánchez

8. Ramírez

9. Hernández

10. Castro

11. Araya

12. López

13. Solano

14. Alvarado

15. Chaves

16. Quesada

17. Campos

18. Pérez

19. Gómez

20. Morales

21. Arias

22. Quiros

23. Fernández

24. Zuñiga

25. Villalobos

26. Brenes

27. Salazar

28. Alfaro

29. Gutiérrez

30. García

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

2014

1. Hernández

2. Martínez

3. López

4. Flores

5. Rodríguez

6. García

7. Rivas

8. Rivera

9. González

10. Portillo

11. Ramírez

12. Mejía

13. Pérez

14. Escobar

15. Orellana

16. Vasquez

17. Díaz

18. Sánchez

19. Cruz

20. Reyes

21. Castro

22. Romero

23. Amaya

24. Aguilar

25. Gómez

26. Alfaro

27. Molina

28. Quintanilla

29. Campos

30. Ayala

Guatemala

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

1.López

3.García

6.Pérez

10.Espinoza

11.Flores

12.Ruiz

13.Mendoza

14.Reyes

15.Cruz

16.Díaz

17.Castillo

18.Gómez

19.Rivera

20.Morales

21.Herrera

22.Urbina

23.Centeno

24.Jarquín

25.Castro

26.Ramírez

27.Chavarría

28.Blandón

29.Rivas

30.Dávila

31.Torrez

32.Mejía

33.Romero

34.Aguilar

35.Méndez

36.Obando

37.Calero

38.Miranda

39.Orozco

40.Velásquez

41.Álvarez

42.Vargas

43.Moreno

44.Sequeira

45.Zamora

46.Ortiz

47.Arauz

48.Zeledón

49.Duarte

50.Amador

Panama

Paraguay

An asterisk indicates Portuguese origin.

1. González

2. Benítez

3. Martínez

4. López

5. Giménez

6. Duarte

7. Villalba

8. Gómez

9. Rojas

10. Ramírez

11. Vera

12. Fernández

13. Ayala

14. Acosta

15. Cáceres

16. Rodríguez

17. Ruiz

18. Galeano

19. Ortiz

20. Ferreira *

21. Sosa

22. Torres

23. Cardozo

24. Espinola

25. Caballero

26. Díaz

27. Franco

28. Amarilla

29. Sánchez

30. Báez

Peru

Spanish surnames form most of Peruvian surnames, while a few derive from local languages, like Quechua and Aymara.

1. Quispe

2. Flores

3. Rodríguez

4. Sánchez

5. García

6. Rojas

7. Díaz

8. Torres

9. López

10. Gonzales

11. Pérez

12. Chávez

13. Vasquez

14. Ramos

15. Ramírez

16. Mendoza

17. Espinoza

18. Castillo

19. Huamán

20. Vargas

21. Mamani

22. Fernández

23. Gutiérrez

24. Ruiz

25. Castro

26. Romero

27. Salazar

28. Cruz

29. Gómez

30. Rivera

Puerto Rico

Uruguay

Venezuela

1. Rodríguez

2. González

3. Pérez

4. Hernández

5. García

6. Martínez

7. Sánchez

8. López

9. Díaz

10. Rojas

11. Ramírez

12. Gómez

13. Romero

14. Castillo

15. Torres

16. Medina

17. Mendoza

18. Fernández

19. Moreno

20. Rivas

21. Álvarez

22. Salazar

23. Márquez

24. Suárez

25. Gutiérrez

26. Contreras

27. Jiménez

28. Méndez

29. Zambrano

30. Silva