Uruguay Genealogical Records
Uruguay Birth & Baptism Records
An index to various birth, marriage and death records, including details of family relationships.
An index to over 150,000 birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.
Uruguay Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to various birth, marriage and death records, including details of family relationships.
An index to more than 20,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
Uruguay Death & Burial Records
An index to various birth, marriage and death records, including details of family relationships.
Newspapers Covering Uruguay
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
Uruguay Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Uruguay Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Uruguay Histories & Books
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Uruguay Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Uruguay
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Uruguay Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Uruguay Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Historical Description
Uruguay is famous for its excellent pasturage, which supports seven millions of horned cattle and about twenty-one millions of sheep. Agriculture is also largely practised, wheat, barley, and maize being raised. For so small a country, Uruguay is largely supplied with British goods. The Imports from the United Kingdom in 1920 were £6,056,941, and the Exports to this country amounted to £7,053,206. The Imports from this country include machinery (principally agricultural implements), and tools, hardware, and cotton and woollen goods. Before the war Uruguay was a large customer for German goods and imported from that country textile materials, cotton, wool, silk thread, oils, colours, dyes, chemical products, paper and leather goods, musical instruments, agricultural and factory machinery, glass ware and pottery, mineral waters, beer, wines, spices, tobacco, soap, toys, wallpaper, electrical goods and motor cars. Area, 72,210 square miles. Population (1919) 1,462,887, Montevideo, the capital, having (1919) 387,890 inhabitants.
Most Common Surnames in Uruguay
Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rodriguez | 107,117 | 1:32 | |
2 | Gonzalez | 75,347 | 1:46 | |
3 | Martinez | 54,248 | 1:63 | |
4 | Fernandez | 46,468 | 1:74 | |
5 | Perez | 43,304 | 1:79 | |
6 | Garcia | 40,688 | 1:84 | |
7 | Silva | 34,927 | 1:98 | |
8 | Lopez | 32,029 | 1:107 | |
9 | Pereira | 27,392 | 1:125 | |
10 | Sosa | 26,092 | 1:132 | |
11 | Diaz | 26,060 | 1:132 | |
12 | Olivera | 24,222 | 1:142 | |
13 | Hernandez | 24,035 | 1:143 | |
14 | Cabrera | 22,660 | 1:151 | |
15 | Gomez | 22,275 | 1:154 | |
16 | Alvarez | 21,258 | 1:161 | |
17 | Suarez | 21,004 | 1:163 | |
18 | Ferreira | 20,810 | 1:165 | |
19 | Acosta | 19,214 | 1:179 | |
20 | Correa | 16,693 | 1:206 | |
21 | Machado | 15,503 | 1:221 | |
22 | Sanchez | 15,274 | 1:225 | |
23 | Castro | 15,207 | 1:226 | |
24 | Mendez | 14,009 | 1:245 | |
25 | Moreira | 13,786 | 1:249 | |
26 | Cardozo | 12,924 | 1:266 | |
27 | Rivero | 12,882 | 1:266 | |
28 | Nuñez | 12,443 | 1:276 | |
29 | Morales | 12,397 | 1:277 | |
30 | Pereyra | 12,216 | 1:281 | |
31 | Silvera | 11,656 | 1:294 | |
32 | Silveira | 11,566 | 1:297 | |
33 | Viera | 11,464 | 1:299 | |
34 | de Los Santos | 11,201 | 1:306 | |
35 | de Leon | 11,039 | 1:311 | |
36 | Romero | 10,649 | 1:322 | |
37 | Gutierrez | 10,630 | 1:323 | |
38 | Pintos | 10,417 | 1:329 | |
39 | Ramos | 10,274 | 1:334 | |
40 | Torres | 9,659 | 1:355 | |
41 | Delgado | 9,485 | 1:362 | |
42 | Duarte | 8,885 | 1:386 | |
43 | Ramirez | 8,612 | 1:398 | |
44 | Vazquez | 8,596 | 1:399 | |
45 | Medina | 8,375 | 1:410 | |
46 | Alvez | 8,250 | 1:416 | |
47 | da Silva | 8,156 | 1:421 | |
48 | Techera | 7,878 | 1:436 | |
49 | Benitez | 7,349 | 1:467 | |
50 | Perdomo | 7,216 | 1:476 | |
51 | Larrosa | 7,024 | 1:489 | |
52 | Costa | 7,003 | 1:490 | |
53 | Marquez | 6,949 | 1:494 | |
54 | Piriz | 6,914 | 1:496 | |
55 | Curbelo | 6,860 | 1:500 | |
56 | Barboza | 6,720 | 1:511 | |
57 | Varela | 6,632 | 1:517 | |
58 | Santos | 6,589 | 1:521 | |
59 | Reyes | 6,527 | 1:526 | |
60 | Gimenez | 6,437 | 1:533 | |
61 | Rocha | 6,334 | 1:542 | |
62 | Alonso | 6,285 | 1:546 | |
63 | Barrios | 6,203 | 1:553 | |
64 | Araujo | 6,041 | 1:568 | |
65 | Blanco | 5,987 | 1:573 | |
66 | Ruiz | 5,913 | 1:580 | |
67 | Lima | 5,783 | 1:593 | |
68 | Dominguez | 5,637 | 1:609 | |
69 | Barreto | 5,614 | 1:611 | |
70 | Bentancor | 5,605 | 1:612 | |
71 | dos Santos | 5,490 | 1:625 | |
72 | Caceres | 5,321 | 1:645 | |
73 | Vidal | 5,161 | 1:665 | |
74 | Flores | 5,063 | 1:678 | |
75 | Moreno | 4,997 | 1:687 | |
76 | Fagundez | 4,953 | 1:693 | |
77 | Ortiz | 4,887 | 1:702 | |
78 | Castillo | 4,879 | 1:703 | |
79 | Velazquez | 4,790 | 1:716 | |
80 | Soria | 4,627 | 1:742 | |
81 | Molina | 4,521 | 1:759 | |
82 | Borges | 4,504 | 1:762 | |
83 | Umpierrez | 4,458 | 1:770 | |
84 | Franco | 4,341 | 1:791 | |
85 | Caballero | 4,329 | 1:793 | |
86 | Santana | 4,240 | 1:809 | |
87 | Lemos | 4,234 | 1:811 | |
88 | Bonilla | 4,141 | 1:829 | |
89 | Britos | 4,074 | 1:842 | |
90 | Tejera | 4,063 | 1:845 | |
91 | Rios | 4,017 | 1:854 | |
92 | da Rosa | 3,976 | 1:863 | |
93 | Antunez | 3,830 | 1:896 | |
94 | Montero | 3,801 | 1:903 | |
95 | Vera | 3,743 | 1:917 | |
96 | Caraballo | 3,691 | 1:930 | |
97 | Fleitas | 3,686 | 1:931 | |
98 | Carballo | 3,648 | 1:941 | |
99 | Aguirre | 3,626 | 1:946 | |
100 | Peña | 3,613 | 1:950 | |
101 | Guerra | 3,604 | 1:952 | |
102 | Vega | 3,585 | 1:957 | |
103 | Clavijo | 3,565 | 1:963 | |
104 | Rosa | 3,548 | 1:967 | |
105 | Almeida | 3,541 | 1:969 | |
106 | Quintana | 3,514 | 1:977 | |
107 | Cuello | 3,455 | 1:993 | |
108 | Fuentes | 3,439 | 1:998 | |
109 | Muniz | 3,392 | 1:1,012 | |
110 | Miranda | 3,391 | 1:1,012 | |
111 | Ferrari | 3,385 | 1:1,014 | |
112 | Farias | 3,374 | 1:1,017 | |
113 | Camejo | 3,346 | 1:1,026 | |
114 | Cruz | 3,340 | 1:1,027 | |
115 | Godoy | 3,305 | 1:1,038 | |
116 | Sena | 3,276 | 1:1,048 | |
117 | Corbo | 3,218 | 1:1,066 | |
118 | Rey | 3,202 | 1:1,072 | |
119 | Batista | 3,201 | 1:1,072 | |
120 | Aguiar | 3,181 | 1:1,079 | |
121 | Herrera | 3,174 | 1:1,081 | |
122 | Peralta | 3,160 | 1:1,086 | |
123 | Luzardo | 3,153 | 1:1,088 | |
124 | Rosas | 3,148 | 1:1,090 | |
125 | Vargas | 3,112 | 1:1,103 | |
126 | Paz | 3,028 | 1:1,133 | |
127 | Maciel | 3,023 | 1:1,135 | |
128 | Rojas | 2,984 | 1:1,150 | |
129 | Arias | 2,964 | 1:1,158 | |
130 | Iglesias | 2,962 | 1:1,159 | |
131 | Espinosa | 2,958 | 1:1,160 | |
132 | Mesa | 2,948 | 1:1,164 | |
133 | Bermudez | 2,926 | 1:1,173 | |
134 | Camacho | 2,910 | 1:1,179 | |
135 | Leal | 2,867 | 1:1,197 | |
136 | Figueroa | 2,842 | 1:1,208 | |
137 | Souza | 2,819 | 1:1,217 | |
138 | Acuña | 2,786 | 1:1,232 | |
139 | Leites | 2,785 | 1:1,232 | |
140 | Acevedo | 2,736 | 1:1,254 | |
141 | Bentancur | 2,719 | 1:1,262 | |
142 | Duran | 2,701 | 1:1,271 | |
143 | Falero | 2,700 | 1:1,271 | |
144 | Davila | 2,697 | 1:1,272 | |
145 | Furtado | 2,693 | 1:1,274 | |
146 | Cedres | 2,683 | 1:1,279 | |
147 | de Souza | 2,674 | 1:1,283 | |
148 | Toledo | 2,663 | 1:1,289 | |
149 | Colman | 2,655 | 1:1,293 | |
149 | Villalba | 2,655 | 1:1,293 | |
151 | Marrero | 2,641 | 1:1,299 | |
152 | Muñoz | 2,635 | 1:1,302 | |
153 | Bueno | 2,626 | 1:1,307 | |
153 | Lorenzo | 2,626 | 1:1,307 | |
155 | Machin | 2,621 | 1:1,309 | |
155 | Pacheco | 2,621 | 1:1,309 | |
157 | Aguilar | 2,615 | 1:1,312 | |
158 | Estevez | 2,606 | 1:1,317 | |
159 | Rivas | 2,601 | 1:1,319 | |
160 | Rossi | 2,588 | 1:1,326 | |
161 | Ibarra | 2,577 | 1:1,332 | |
162 | Navarro | 2,563 | 1:1,339 | |
163 | Fontes | 2,551 | 1:1,345 | |
164 | Gallo | 2,543 | 1:1,349 | |
165 | Alves | 2,492 | 1:1,377 | |
166 | Conde | 2,469 | 1:1,390 | |
167 | Pirez | 2,438 | 1:1,408 | |
168 | Saravia | 2,419 | 1:1,419 | |
169 | Abreu | 2,396 | 1:1,432 | |
170 | Figueredo | 2,395 | 1:1,433 | |
171 | Cabral | 2,366 | 1:1,450 | |
171 | Valdez | 2,366 | 1:1,450 | |
173 | Ojeda | 2,364 | 1:1,452 | |
174 | Ribeiro | 2,339 | 1:1,467 | |
175 | Ayala | 2,335 | 1:1,470 | |
175 | Denis | 2,335 | 1:1,470 | |
177 | Melo | 2,330 | 1:1,473 | |
178 | Mello | 2,326 | 1:1,475 | |
179 | Guerrero | 2,295 | 1:1,495 | |
180 | Collazo | 2,288 | 1:1,500 | |
181 | Mederos | 2,286 | 1:1,501 | |
182 | Otero | 2,278 | 1:1,506 | |
183 | Dutra | 2,276 | 1:1,508 | |
184 | Ledesma | 2,251 | 1:1,525 | |
185 | Nieves | 2,248 | 1:1,527 | |
186 | Sellanes | 2,234 | 1:1,536 | |
187 | Prieto | 2,229 | 1:1,540 | |
188 | Sierra | 2,221 | 1:1,545 | |
189 | Maldonado | 2,203 | 1:1,558 | |
190 | Villar | 2,202 | 1:1,558 | |
191 | Rosano | 2,192 | 1:1,566 | |
192 | Burgos | 2,183 | 1:1,572 | |
193 | Sequeira | 2,170 | 1:1,581 | |
194 | Amaro | 2,165 | 1:1,585 | |
195 | Mora | 2,162 | 1:1,587 | |
196 | Amaral | 2,158 | 1:1,590 | |
197 | da Costa | 2,154 | 1:1,593 | |
198 | Deleon | 2,139 | 1:1,604 | |
199 | Alfonso | 2,132 | 1:1,610 | |
200 | Parodi | 2,124 | 1:1,616 |