Colombia Genealogical Records
Colombia Birth & Baptism Records
An index to and images of registers recording around 50 million baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths.
An index of over 520,000 records of births and baptisms, including parents' names and other details.
A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.
Colombia Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to and images of registers recording around 50 million baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths.
An index to and image of around 90,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
Colombia Death & Burial Records
An index to and images of registers recording around 50 million baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths.
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
An index of around 30,000 death records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.
Newspapers Covering Colombia
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 around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Colombia Military Records
An index to and images of hundreds-of-thousands of records, including veteran benefit files, service records, registers of military promotions and military correspondence from the Army, Navy and National Guard.
Colombia 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.
Colombia Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Colombia Histories & Books
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.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Colombia
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.
Colombia 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.
Colombia Church Records
An index to and images of registers recording around 50 million baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths.
Colombia 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
A South American State, including eight departments, with an area of 461,606 square miles, and a total population estimated at about 5,475,000, of whom more than one-half are whites and half-castes. The mineral resources of Colombia are very considerable, emeralds, gold, silver, platinum, copper, iron, lead and coal being found, and it has vast forests. Value of Imports from the United Kingdom in 1920 was £6,248,625. The Exports to the United Kingdom, the chief of which in normal times are bananas, coffee, hides and rubber, totalled in 1920 £2,688,661. These figures do not include Panama, formerly one of the nine departments, but since November, 1903, recognised as a separate Republic. Bogota, the capital, possesses about 120,000 inhabitants.
Most Common Surnames in Colombia
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodriguez | 903,289 | 1:53 | |
| 2 | Martinez | 691,617 | 1:69 | |
| 3 | Garcia | 641,560 | 1:74 | |
| 4 | Gomez | 637,104 | 1:75 | |
| 5 | Lopez | 635,034 | 1:75 | |
| 6 | Gonzalez | 591,384 | 1:81 | |
| 7 | Hernandez | 576,804 | 1:83 | |
| 8 | Sanchez | 560,923 | 1:85 | |
| 9 | Perez | 535,053 | 1:89 | |
| 10 | Ramirez | 504,013 | 1:95 | |
| 11 | Diaz | 496,999 | 1:96 | |
| 12 | Torres | 400,876 | 1:119 | |
| 13 | Muñoz | 370,910 | 1:129 | |
| 14 | Rojas | 359,063 | 1:133 | |
| 15 | Moreno | 343,671 | 1:139 | |
| 16 | Vargas | 336,745 | 1:142 | |
| 17 | Ortiz | 331,455 | 1:144 | |
| 18 | Jimenez | 324,385 | 1:147 | |
| 19 | Castro | 305,192 | 1:157 | |
| 20 | Gutierrez | 304,930 | 1:157 | |
| 21 | Alvarez | 272,614 | 1:175 | |
| 22 | Valencia | 272,493 | 1:175 | |
| 23 | Ruiz | 268,121 | 1:178 | |
| 24 | Suarez | 257,236 | 1:186 | |
| 25 | Herrera | 251,473 | 1:190 | |
| 26 | Romero | 250,563 | 1:191 | |
| 27 | Quintero | 246,915 | 1:193 | |
| 28 | Morales | 244,911 | 1:195 | |
| 29 | Giraldo | 201,260 | 1:237 | |
| 30 | Rivera | 199,651 | 1:239 | |
| 31 | Arias | 197,396 | 1:242 | |
| 32 | Florez | 196,644 | 1:243 | |
| 33 | Marin | 193,268 | 1:247 | |
| 34 | Castillo | 191,884 | 1:249 | |
| 35 | Mejia | 188,927 | 1:253 | |
| 36 | Mosquera | 180,995 | 1:264 | |
| 37 | Osorio | 179,658 | 1:266 | |
| 38 | Cardenas | 178,198 | 1:268 | |
| 39 | Cardona | 176,368 | 1:271 | |
| 40 | Peña | 175,690 | 1:272 | |
| 41 | Zapata | 175,074 | 1:273 | |
| 42 | Restrepo | 174,356 | 1:274 | |
| 43 | Guerrero | 174,310 | 1:274 | |
| 44 | Parra | 173,396 | 1:276 | |
| 45 | Mendoza | 170,439 | 1:280 | |
| 46 | Medina | 163,574 | 1:292 | |
| 47 | Ramos | 162,264 | 1:294 | |
| 48 | Salazar | 161,195 | 1:296 | |
| 49 | Correa | 157,644 | 1:303 | |
| 50 | Ortega | 150,947 | 1:316 | |
| 51 | Vasquez | 150,762 | 1:317 | |
| 52 | Montoya | 150,674 | 1:317 | |
| 53 | Cortes | 150,259 | 1:318 | |
| 54 | Acosta | 150,010 | 1:318 | |
| 55 | Guzman | 149,158 | 1:320 | |
| 56 | Londoño | 146,260 | 1:327 | |
| 57 | Molina | 144,948 | 1:330 | |
| 58 | Velasquez | 144,678 | 1:330 | |
| 59 | Rincon | 144,094 | 1:332 | |
| 60 | Rios | 141,757 | 1:337 | |
| 61 | Sierra | 141,598 | 1:337 | |
| 62 | Cruz | 141,167 | 1:338 | |
| 63 | Ospina | 138,325 | 1:345 | |
| 64 | Garzon | 137,180 | 1:348 | |
| 65 | Jaramillo | 134,534 | 1:355 | |
| 66 | Reyes | 131,871 | 1:362 | |
| 67 | Orozco | 131,222 | 1:364 | |
| 68 | Agudelo | 130,204 | 1:367 | |
| 69 | Mora | 130,171 | 1:367 | |
| 70 | Beltran | 127,978 | 1:373 | |
| 71 | Contreras | 125,469 | 1:381 | |
| 72 | Leon | 123,059 | 1:388 | |
| 73 | Escobar | 122,791 | 1:389 | |
| 74 | Caicedo | 121,180 | 1:394 | |
| 75 | Castañeda | 121,100 | 1:395 | |
| 76 | Fernandez | 118,088 | 1:405 | |
| 77 | Hurtado | 117,143 | 1:408 | |
| 78 | Delgado | 113,886 | 1:419 | |
| 79 | Silva | 112,758 | 1:424 | |
| 80 | Lozano | 112,172 | 1:426 | |
| 81 | Henao | 111,866 | 1:427 | |
| 82 | Bedoya | 110,401 | 1:433 | |
| 83 | Calderon | 110,081 | 1:434 | |
| 84 | Murillo | 109,576 | 1:436 | |
| 85 | Castaño | 108,846 | 1:439 | |
| 86 | Vega | 108,070 | 1:442 | |
| 87 | Mendez | 107,851 | 1:443 | |
| 88 | Avila | 102,845 | 1:465 | |
| 89 | Patiño | 99,687 | 1:479 | |
| 90 | Cordoba | 98,998 | 1:483 | |
| 91 | Velez | 98,773 | 1:484 | |
| 92 | Pineda | 97,965 | 1:488 | |
| 93 | Arango | 96,653 | 1:494 | |
| 94 | Bernal | 96,225 | 1:496 | |
| 95 | Franco | 95,102 | 1:502 | |
| 96 | Carvajal | 93,406 | 1:511 | |
| 97 | Gil | 93,172 | 1:513 | |
| 98 | Padilla | 92,573 | 1:516 | |
| 99 | Acevedo | 91,825 | 1:520 | |
| 100 | Cano | 91,068 | 1:525 | |
| 101 | Vanegas | 90,980 | 1:525 | |
| 102 | Vergara | 88,123 | 1:542 | |
| 103 | Pacheco | 87,992 | 1:543 | |
| 104 | Hoyos | 87,935 | 1:543 | |
| 105 | Buitrago | 87,394 | 1:547 | |
| 106 | Trujillo | 87,056 | 1:549 | |
| 107 | Soto | 86,942 | 1:549 | |
| 108 | Angulo | 86,499 | 1:552 | |
| 109 | Aguirre | 85,455 | 1:559 | |
| 110 | Palacios | 84,444 | 1:566 | |
| 111 | Narvaez | 83,844 | 1:570 | |
| 112 | Barrios | 83,561 | 1:572 | |
| 113 | Navarro | 83,311 | 1:573 | |
| 114 | Gallego | 82,883 | 1:576 | |
| 115 | Barrera | 82,820 | 1:577 | |
| 116 | Bermudez | 80,419 | 1:594 | |
| 117 | Toro | 78,520 | 1:608 | |
| 118 | Ordoñez | 77,372 | 1:617 | |
| 119 | Duque | 77,092 | 1:620 | |
| 120 | Camacho | 76,887 | 1:621 | |
| 121 | Duran | 76,794 | 1:622 | |
| 122 | Pinzon | 76,299 | 1:626 | |
| 123 | Carrillo | 76,047 | 1:628 | |
| 124 | Forero | 75,172 | 1:636 | |
| 125 | Sandoval | 74,577 | 1:641 | |
| 126 | Mercado | 74,196 | 1:644 | |
| 127 | Blanco | 73,578 | 1:649 | |
| 128 | Ocampo | 73,110 | 1:653 | |
| 129 | Benavides | 72,986 | 1:655 | |
| 130 | Paez | 72,034 | 1:663 | |
| 131 | Arrieta | 71,902 | 1:664 | |
| 132 | Duarte | 70,902 | 1:674 | |
| 133 | Daza | 70,812 | 1:675 | |
| 134 | Sarmiento | 70,756 | 1:675 | |
| 135 | Camargo | 70,532 | 1:677 | |
| 136 | Espinosa | 70,416 | 1:678 | |
| 137 | Serna | 70,258 | 1:680 | |
| 138 | Ariza | 70,039 | 1:682 | |
| 139 | Ochoa | 69,670 | 1:686 | |
| 140 | Amaya | 69,309 | 1:689 | |
| 141 | Arevalo | 68,019 | 1:702 | |
| 142 | Zambrano | 67,901 | 1:704 | |
| 143 | Alzate | 67,879 | 1:704 | |
| 144 | Niño | 67,686 | 1:706 | |
| 145 | Guerra | 65,892 | 1:725 | |
| 146 | Polo | 65,679 | 1:727 | |
| 147 | Montes | 65,579 | 1:728 | |
| 148 | Villa | 65,545 | 1:729 | |
| 149 | Bonilla | 65,069 | 1:734 | |
| 150 | Galvis | 65,053 | 1:734 | |
| 151 | Ardila | 64,757 | 1:738 | |
| 152 | Mesa | 64,687 | 1:739 | |
| 153 | Tovar | 64,502 | 1:741 | |
| 154 | Gaviria | 64,193 | 1:744 | |
| 155 | Palacio | 64,180 | 1:744 | |
| 156 | Uribe | 63,980 | 1:747 | |
| 157 | Guevara | 63,703 | 1:750 | |
| 158 | Arboleda | 62,748 | 1:761 | |
| 159 | Miranda | 62,669 | 1:762 | |
| 160 | Marquez | 62,666 | 1:762 | |
| 161 | Cifuentes | 62,522 | 1:764 | |
| 162 | Meza | 62,081 | 1:770 | |
| 163 | Sepulveda | 61,628 | 1:775 | |
| 164 | Rueda | 61,207 | 1:781 | |
| 165 | Fuentes | 61,125 | 1:782 | |
| 166 | Benitez | 60,282 | 1:793 | |
| 167 | Meneses | 59,937 | 1:797 | |
| 168 | Velasco | 59,877 | 1:798 | |
| 169 | Loaiza | 59,867 | 1:798 | |
| 170 | Estrada | 59,777 | 1:799 | |
| 171 | Nuñez | 59,708 | 1:800 | |
| 172 | Aguilar | 59,563 | 1:802 | |
| 173 | Ayala | 59,238 | 1:806 | |
| 174 | Solano | 58,085 | 1:822 | |
| 175 | Monsalve | 57,797 | 1:827 | |
| 176 | Bolaños | 57,445 | 1:832 | |
| 177 | Arenas | 57,194 | 1:835 | |
| 178 | Cabrera | 57,184 | 1:835 | |
| 179 | Galindo | 56,785 | 1:841 | |
| 180 | Becerra | 56,317 | 1:848 | |
| 181 | Fonseca | 56,295 | 1:849 | |
| 182 | Perdomo | 56,058 | 1:852 | |
| 183 | Castellanos | 55,478 | 1:861 | |
| 184 | Betancur | 55,310 | 1:864 | |
| 185 | Bohorquez | 54,824 | 1:871 | |
| 186 | Campo | 54,524 | 1:876 | |
| 187 | Salcedo | 54,398 | 1:878 | |
| 188 | Zuñiga | 54,371 | 1:879 | |
| 189 | Luna | 54,258 | 1:880 | |
| 190 | Galeano | 53,915 | 1:886 | |
| 191 | Carmona | 53,549 | 1:892 | |
| 192 | Pulido | 53,495 | 1:893 | |
| 193 | Caro | 53,415 | 1:894 | |
| 194 | Melo | 53,365 | 1:895 | |
| 195 | Gonzales | 53,335 | 1:896 | |
| 196 | Bravo | 53,018 | 1:901 | |
| 197 | Jaimes | 52,342 | 1:913 | |
| 198 | Rosero | 51,682 | 1:924 | |
| 199 | Prieto | 50,946 | 1:938 | |
| 200 | Figueroa | 50,691 | 1:942 | |