Central America Genealogical Records
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Most Common Surnames in Central America
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Americas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lopez | 1,438,142 | 1:32 | 18.67% | 6 |
| 2 | Hernandez | 1,136,677 | 1:41 | 13.09% | 2 |
| 3 | Garcia | 961,180 | 1:48 | 11.33% | 3 |
| 4 | Martinez | 886,238 | 1:52 | 12.02% | 8 |
| 5 | Perez | 869,614 | 1:53 | 13.11% | 9 |
| 6 | Rodriguez | 793,213 | 1:58 | 9.87% | 4 |
| 7 | Gonzalez | 750,202 | 1:62 | 9.69% | 5 |
| 8 | Ramirez | 560,890 | 1:83 | 12.05% | 15 |
| 9 | Gomez | 546,649 | 1:85 | 13.19% | 17 |
| 10 | Sanchez | 486,586 | 1:95 | 8.80% | 11 |
| 11 | Morales | 475,191 | 1:97 | 16.53% | 27 |
| 12 | Vasquez | 456,443 | 1:101 | 29.91% | 63 |
| 13 | Flores | 408,207 | 1:113 | 12.32% | 22 |
| 14 | Cruz | 400,284 | 1:116 | 12.90% | 24 |
| 15 | Mejia | 375,532 | 1:123 | 33.36% | 85 |
| 16 | Reyes | 374,969 | 1:124 | 14.54% | 28 |
| 17 | Diaz | 366,129 | 1:126 | 9.53% | 19 |
| 18 | Rivera | 344,368 | 1:134 | 17.56% | 47 |
| 19 | Castillo | 341,694 | 1:136 | 14.81% | 34 |
| 20 | Ramos | 327,666 | 1:141 | 11.24% | 26 |
| 21 | Aguilar | 309,447 | 1:150 | 18.61% | 57 |
| 22 | Velasquez | 282,573 | 1:164 | 34.32% | 132 |
| 23 | Alvarado | 275,656 | 1:168 | 26.31% | 100 |
| 24 | Mendez | 272,054 | 1:170 | 17.41% | 62 |
| 25 | Gutierrez | 270,283 | 1:171 | 10.59% | 29 |
| 26 | Castro | 269,793 | 1:172 | 12.71% | 44 |
| 27 | Mendoza | 253,045 | 1:183 | 11.74% | 38 |
| 28 | Jimenez | 252,778 | 1:183 | 10.23% | 31 |
| 29 | Herrera | 250,393 | 1:185 | 13.65% | 49 |
| 30 | Pineda | 218,329 | 1:212 | 34.83% | 179 |
| 31 | Alvarez | 209,000 | 1:222 | 9.79% | 40 |
| 32 | Ortiz | 201,220 | 1:230 | 9.46% | 42 |
| 33 | Ruiz | 200,691 | 1:231 | 8.78% | 35 |
| 34 | Rivas | 193,269 | 1:240 | 24.56% | 142 |
| 35 | Vargas | 192,055 | 1:241 | 9.53% | 46 |
| 36 | Torres | 189,953 | 1:244 | 5.80% | 23 |
| 37 | Romero | 182,856 | 1:253 | 8.19% | 37 |
| 38 | Escobar | 180,978 | 1:256 | 22.51% | 137 |
| 39 | de Leon | 166,878 | 1:278 | 46.58% | 309 |
| 40 | Chavez | 163,585 | 1:283 | 10.91% | 65 |
| 41 | Miranda | 163,299 | 1:284 | 12.21% | 71 |
| 42 | Caal | 160,081 | 1:289 | 99.75% | 741 |
| 43 | Santos | 153,881 | 1:301 | 4.16% | 20 |
| 44 | Espinoza | 151,715 | 1:305 | 13.81% | 90 |
| 45 | Guzman | 151,506 | 1:306 | 11.27% | 70 |
| 46 | Rojas | 150,241 | 1:308 | 6.64% | 36 |
| 47 | Orellana | 146,563 | 1:316 | 43.06% | 328 |
| 48 | Fuentes | 143,968 | 1:322 | 18.28% | 141 |
| 49 | Molina | 143,470 | 1:323 | 13.53% | 98 |
| 50 | Bonilla | 131,885 | 1:351 | 35.57% | 299 |
| 51 | Juarez | 129,376 | 1:358 | 13.27% | 107 |
| 52 | Estrada | 121,150 | 1:382 | 15.56% | 143 |
| 53 | Salazar | 120,971 | 1:383 | 9.08% | 72 |
| 54 | Campos | 120,682 | 1:384 | 10.23% | 81 |
| 55 | Calderon | 120,416 | 1:385 | 16.60% | 153 |
| 56 | Rosales | 120,312 | 1:385 | 19.17% | 178 |
| 57 | Choc | 111,948 | 1:414 | 99.04% | 1,018 |
| 58 | Moreno | 111,296 | 1:416 | 5.95% | 48 |
| 59 | Marroquin | 108,769 | 1:426 | 64.34% | 698 |
| 60 | Portillo | 106,792 | 1:434 | 37.56% | 414 |
| 61 | Murillo | 105,806 | 1:438 | 25.19% | 262 |
| 62 | Fernandez | 105,720 | 1:438 | 4.95% | 39 |
| 63 | Mora | 104,800 | 1:442 | 14.42% | 152 |
| 64 | Guevara | 104,741 | 1:442 | 19.01% | 207 |
| 65 | Alfaro | 103,230 | 1:449 | 32.31% | 354 |
| 66 | Muñoz | 101,300 | 1:457 | 6.67% | 64 |
| 67 | Barrios | 100,370 | 1:461 | 17.81% | 202 |
| 68 | Avila | 99,975 | 1:463 | 11.56% | 124 |
| 69 | Arias | 98,846 | 1:469 | 11.08% | 120 |
| 70 | Chavarria | 98,152 | 1:472 | 51.15% | 627 |
| 71 | Palacios | 97,605 | 1:474 | 17.07% | 198 |
| 72 | Ortega | 97,568 | 1:475 | 8.66% | 84 |
| 73 | Sandoval | 97,161 | 1:477 | 11.68% | 130 |
| 74 | Medina | 97,088 | 1:477 | 5.77% | 55 |
| 75 | Maldonado | 96,908 | 1:478 | 13.09% | 149 |
| 76 | Argueta | 96,636 | 1:479 | 82.12% | 975 |
| 77 | Solis | 95,338 | 1:486 | 15.94% | 191 |
| 78 | Vega | 94,877 | 1:488 | 9.24% | 102 |
| 79 | Paz | 92,337 | 1:502 | 19.97% | 237 |
| 80 | Amaya | 90,388 | 1:512 | 30.75% | 400 |
| 81 | Guerra | 89,732 | 1:516 | 14.02% | 176 |
| 82 | Cortez | 89,200 | 1:519 | 18.04% | 223 |
| 83 | Coc | 89,174 | 1:519 | 99.53% | 1,269 |
| 84 | Figueroa | 89,020 | 1:520 | 12.55% | 160 |
| 85 | Pop | 87,577 | 1:529 | 96.38% | 1,255 |
| 86 | Contreras | 87,300 | 1:530 | 7.33% | 80 |
| 87 | Soto | 87,230 | 1:531 | 7.69% | 83 |
| 88 | Orozco | 86,081 | 1:538 | 16.30% | 213 |
| 89 | Ordoñez | 83,834 | 1:552 | 30.44% | 429 |
| 90 | Padilla | 83,422 | 1:555 | 13.37% | 180 |
| 91 | Dominguez | 82,223 | 1:563 | 7.71% | 95 |
| 92 | Zelaya | 82,022 | 1:565 | 72.49% | 1,016 |
| 93 | Cardona | 81,266 | 1:570 | 23.45% | 315 |
| 94 | Chacon | 79,092 | 1:586 | 23.91% | 341 |
| 95 | Rios | 78,382 | 1:591 | 7.38% | 96 |
| 96 | Gonzales | 77,145 | 1:600 | 10.66% | 154 |
| 97 | Cabrera | 76,846 | 1:603 | 8.00% | 109 |
| 98 | Urbina | 76,476 | 1:606 | 33.68% | 518 |
| 99 | Navarro | 76,264 | 1:607 | 9.20% | 131 |
| 100 | Ayala | 75,437 | 1:614 | 10.73% | 162 |
| 100 | Osorio | 75,437 | 1:614 | 13.93% | 209 |
| 102 | Lemus | 74,501 | 1:622 | 42.87% | 683 |
| 103 | Carrillo | 73,353 | 1:631 | 11.05% | 172 |
| 104 | Amador | 73,169 | 1:633 | 34.23% | 549 |
| 105 | Moran | 72,836 | 1:636 | 19.82% | 302 |
| 106 | Rodas | 72,772 | 1:636 | 44.75% | 727 |
| 107 | Giron | 71,634 | 1:647 | 45.08% | 751 |
| 108 | Delgado | 70,273 | 1:659 | 6.25% | 86 |
| 109 | Barahona | 70,103 | 1:661 | 60.80% | 994 |
| 110 | Serrano | 69,902 | 1:663 | 13.06% | 212 |
| 111 | Aguirre | 69,900 | 1:663 | 9.51% | 150 |
| 112 | Chub | 68,787 | 1:673 | 99.83% | 1,618 |
| 113 | Duarte | 68,662 | 1:674 | 7.98% | 126 |
| 114 | Solano | 68,303 | 1:678 | 21.42% | 356 |
| 115 | Villatoro | 67,874 | 1:682 | 78.93% | 1,324 |
| 116 | Zamora | 66,445 | 1:697 | 15.35% | 254 |
| 117 | Castellanos | 65,541 | 1:707 | 20.26% | 349 |
| 118 | Lara | 64,983 | 1:713 | 9.03% | 155 |
| 119 | Barrera | 64,964 | 1:713 | 14.22% | 244 |
| 120 | Ochoa | 64,955 | 1:713 | 11.72% | 203 |
| 121 | Ventura | 62,577 | 1:740 | 18.31% | 325 |
| 122 | Centeno | 61,730 | 1:750 | 37.01% | 708 |
| 123 | Marin | 60,647 | 1:764 | 8.85% | 168 |
| 124 | Acosta | 59,598 | 1:777 | 5.59% | 94 |
| 125 | Melendez | 59,232 | 1:782 | 19.40% | 377 |
| 126 | Nuñez | 58,718 | 1:789 | 6.32% | 114 |
| 127 | Sosa | 58,655 | 1:790 | 8.19% | 157 |
| 128 | Caballero | 57,961 | 1:799 | 14.07% | 265 |
| 129 | Valle | 57,952 | 1:799 | 25.42% | 515 |
| 130 | Benitez | 56,706 | 1:817 | 7.64% | 148 |
| 131 | Meza | 56,410 | 1:821 | 9.90% | 201 |
| 132 | Obando | 56,160 | 1:825 | 45.20% | 930 |
| 133 | Recinos | 55,859 | 1:829 | 88.31% | 1,757 |
| 134 | Davila | 55,442 | 1:835 | 15.20% | 305 |
| 135 | Franco | 55,370 | 1:836 | 7.14% | 144 |
| 136 | Mazariegos | 55,112 | 1:840 | 81.10% | 1,638 |
| 137 | Henriquez | 55,008 | 1:842 | 29.02% | 635 |
| 138 | Villalobos | 54,978 | 1:842 | 17.00% | 350 |
| 139 | Abrego | 54,541 | 1:849 | 66.52% | 1,389 |
| 140 | Xol | 54,397 | 1:851 | 99.94% | 2,015 |
| 141 | Leiva | 54,261 | 1:854 | 23.15% | 499 |
| 142 | Canales | 53,814 | 1:861 | 26.89% | 596 |
| 143 | Caceres | 53,738 | 1:862 | 12.74% | 260 |
| 144 | Leon | 53,679 | 1:863 | 5.43% | 106 |
| 145 | Carranza | 53,492 | 1:866 | 23.49% | 516 |
| 146 | Tiul | 53,440 | 1:867 | 99.80% | 2,053 |
| 147 | Palma | 53,232 | 1:870 | 17.10% | 368 |
| 148 | Salgado | 53,163 | 1:871 | 15.61% | 327 |
| 149 | Ponce | 53,107 | 1:872 | 11.16% | 230 |
| 150 | de La Cruz | 52,631 | 1:880 | 6.93% | 146 |
| 151 | Montoya | 52,020 | 1:890 | 10.58% | 226 |
| 152 | Zuniga | 51,840 | 1:893 | 47.51% | 1,057 |
| 153 | Blanco | 51,781 | 1:894 | 9.57% | 210 |
| 154 | Granados | 51,720 | 1:895 | 24.45% | 554 |
| 155 | Guerrero | 50,986 | 1:908 | 4.75% | 92 |
| 156 | Araya | 50,924 | 1:909 | 27.28% | 643 |
| 157 | Nu | 50,911 | 1:910 | 99.74% | 2,122 |
| 158 | Quintanilla | 50,537 | 1:916 | 43.91% | 998 |
| 159 | Zuñiga | 49,853 | 1:929 | 12.38% | 276 |
| 160 | Montenegro | 49,726 | 1:931 | 19.59% | 464 |
| 161 | Maradiaga | 49,182 | 1:942 | 96.63% | 2,131 |
| 162 | Pacheco | 49,044 | 1:944 | 5.82% | 129 |
| 163 | Calel | 48,278 | 1:959 | 99.59% | 2,219 |
| 164 | Bautista | 47,797 | 1:969 | 7.51% | 177 |
| 165 | Quiros | 47,738 | 1:970 | 76.94% | 1,790 |
| 166 | Guillen | 47,702 | 1:971 | 16.68% | 410 |
| 167 | Jarquin | 47,624 | 1:972 | 74.52% | 1,742 |
| 168 | Oliva | 47,440 | 1:976 | 23.65% | 595 |
| 169 | Aleman | 47,416 | 1:977 | 31.38% | 792 |
| 170 | Arevalo | 47,259 | 1:980 | 15.70% | 389 |
| 171 | Valladares | 47,101 | 1:983 | 41.76% | 1,019 |
| 172 | Hidalgo | 47,096 | 1:983 | 13.18% | 310 |
| 173 | Chaves | 46,690 | 1:992 | 15.45% | 386 |
| 174 | Cano | 46,584 | 1:994 | 11.99% | 285 |
| 175 | Varela | 46,506 | 1:996 | 16.60% | 423 |
| 176 | Cucul | 46,387 | 1:998 | 99.98% | 2,304 |
| 177 | Ical | 46,155 | 1:1,003 | 99.90% | 2,311 |
| 178 | Quesada | 46,119 | 1:1,004 | 47.85% | 1,178 |
| 179 | Melgar | 45,941 | 1:1,008 | 50.53% | 1,254 |
| 180 | Alonzo | 45,596 | 1:1,016 | 40.30% | 1,017 |
| 181 | Cifuentes | 45,513 | 1:1,018 | 28.64% | 752 |
| 182 | Peña | 45,170 | 1:1,025 | 4.73% | 111 |
| 183 | Brenes | 44,696 | 1:1,036 | 91.91% | 2,213 |
| 184 | Quintero | 44,495 | 1:1,041 | 7.20% | 182 |
| 185 | Zepeda | 44,327 | 1:1,045 | 26.47% | 707 |
| 186 | Arauz | 44,029 | 1:1,052 | 68.23% | 1,729 |
| 187 | Silva | 43,767 | 1:1,058 | 0.82% | 12 |
| 188 | Monge | 43,758 | 1:1,058 | 58.29% | 1,494 |
| 189 | Monroy | 42,165 | 1:1,098 | 21.28% | 603 |
| 190 | Menjivar | 41,970 | 1:1,103 | 86.97% | 2,230 |
| 191 | Perdomo | 41,835 | 1:1,107 | 20.45% | 584 |
| 192 | Segura | 41,417 | 1:1,118 | 13.99% | 393 |
| 193 | Peralta | 41,349 | 1:1,120 | 8.38% | 225 |
| 194 | Fonseca | 41,238 | 1:1,123 | 8.59% | 228 |
| 195 | Solorzano | 41,082 | 1:1,127 | 22.75% | 662 |
| 196 | Godoy | 41,043 | 1:1,128 | 11.52% | 312 |
| 197 | Mena | 40,811 | 1:1,135 | 16.51% | 477 |
| 198 | Escalante | 40,476 | 1:1,144 | 17.36% | 503 |
| 199 | Torrez | 40,286 | 1:1,150 | 24.67% | 724 |
| 200 | Cordero | 40,032 | 1:1,157 | 13.42% | 391 |