These are lists of the most common Spanish surnames in Spain, Mexico, Hispanophone Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic), and other Latin American countries.
Spain
List of the most common Surnames in Spain.
García – 1,378,000 people (3.48%) Pre-Roman, Basque. Fernández – 851,000 (2.15%) Son of Fernando; Germanic González – 839,000 (2.12%) Son of Gonzalo, from the Latinised form Gundisalvus; Germanic Vidal Rodríguez – 804,000 (2.03%) Son of Rodrigo, Roderic; Germanic López – 796,000 (2.01%) Son of Lope, Latin Lupus, meaning wolf Martínez – 788,000 (1.97%) Son of Martín, Son of Martino, Latin Martis, genitive form of Mars Sánchez – 725,000 (1.83%) Son of Sancho, Latin Sanctius Pérez – 709,000 (1.79%) Son of Pedro, Latin Petrus Martín – 459,000 (1.16%) Gómez – 440,000 (1.11%) Son of Gomes, Gomo, or Gomaro; Germanic Ruiz – 321,000 (0.81%) Son of Ruy, variation or short for Rodrigo Hernández – 305,000 (0.77%) Son of Hernando, variation of Fernando Jiménez – 293,000 (0.74%) son of Jimeno, Xemeno, origin god or Ximeno Díaz – 293,000 (0.74%) Son of Diego Álvarez – 273,000 (0.69%) Son of Álvaro, from Alvar; Germanic Moreno – 261,000 (0.66%) Brown-haired, tanned, brunet Muñoz – 241,000 (0.61%) Son of Munio; Pre-Roman Alonso – 206,000 (0.52%) Variation of Alfonso; Germanic Gutiérrez – 170,000 (0.43%) Son of Gutier, Gutierre, or Gualtierre; Germanic Romero – 170,000 (0.43%) (pilgrim) (can also be Italian in origin) Navarro – 158,400 (0.40%) Navarrese, "from Navarre"; toponym Torres – 134,600 (0.34%) Towers; toponym Domínguez – 134,600 (0.34%) Son of Domingo, from Latin Domenicus, Dominus, "master" Gil – 134,600 (0.34%) From older form Egidio; patronymic Vázquez – 130,000 (0.33%) Son of Vasco or Velasco Serrano – 122,700 (0.31%) "Highlander" Ramos – 118,000 (0.30%) Branches; meaning born during Christian festivity Palm Sunday Blanco – 118,000 (0.30%) "White" Sanz – 106,900 (0.27%) Castro – 102,900 (0.26%) "village". See castro and castrum Suárez – 102,900 (0.26%) Son of Suero or Suaro; unknown origin Ortega – 99,000 (0.25%) From Ortiga, nettle plant Rubio – 99,000 (0.25%) Blond, fair-haired; Latin Rubeus, meaning ruddy, reddish Molina – 99,000 (0.25%) (Mill, place with mills) Delgado – 95,000 (0.24%) "Thin man" Ramírez – 95,000 (0.24%) Son of Ramiro, Radamir, or Radmir; Germanic Morales – 95,000 (0.24%) Blackberry groves Ortiz – 87,120 (0.22%) Son of Orti; from Basque Ortún, from Latin Fortis, meaning strong one, or Latin Fortunius, meaning fortunate one Marín - 83,160 (0.21%) Latin Marinus, meaning marine Iglesias – 83,160 (0.21%) "Churches"
Source: – Data from December 1999. (2004 data confirmation of top 25)
Mexico
List of the most common surnames in Mexico: