Most Common Surnames in Meta Department, With Meanings

Most Common Last Names In Meta Department

Forebears knows about 7,325 unique surnames in Meta Department and there are 130 people per name.

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Colombia
1	Rodriguez	24,551	1:39	2.72%	1
2	Hernandez	15,802	1:60	2.74%	7
3	Gonzalez	14,733	1:65	2.49%	6
4	Garcia	14,331	1:66	2.23%	3
5	Martinez	13,790	1:69	1.99%	2
6	Rojas	13,243	1:72	3.69%	14
7	Sanchez	13,086	1:73	2.33%	8
8	Lopez	11,971	1:79	1.89%	5
9	Diaz	11,901	1:80	2.39%	11
10	Ramirez	11,557	1:82	2.29%	10
11	Gutierrez	11,447	1:83	3.75%	20
12	Gomez	10,773	1:88	1.69%	4
13	Moreno	10,688	1:89	3.11%	15
14	Torres	9,365	1:102	2.34%	12
15	Perez	8,683	1:110	1.62%	9
16	Romero	8,671	1:110	3.46%	26
17	Vargas	8,558	1:111	2.54%	16
18	Castro	8,399	1:113	2.75%	19
19	Herrera	8,165	1:116	3.25%	25
20	Ortiz	8,063	1:118	2.43%	17
21	Garzon	6,787	1:140	4.95%	64
22	Ruiz	6,158	1:154	2.30%	23
23	Beltran	6,128	1:155	4.79%	70
24	Cruz	5,847	1:163	4.14%	62
25	Jimenez	5,759	1:165	1.78%	18
26	Peña	5,752	1:165	3.27%	40
27	Morales	5,715	1:166	2.33%	28
28	Velasquez	5,703	1:167	3.94%	58
29	Muñoz	5,613	1:169	1.51%	13
30	Parra	5,240	1:182	3.02%	44
31	Cardenas	5,163	1:184	2.90%	38
32	Rincon	5,145	1:185	3.57%	59
33	Leon	4,640	1:205	3.77%	72
34	Alvarez	4,522	1:210	1.66%	21
35	Mora	4,455	1:214	3.42%	69
36	Suarez	4,391	1:217	1.71%	24
37	Acosta	4,317	1:220	2.88%	54
38	Castañeda	4,305	1:221	3.55%	75
39	Parrado	4,304	1:221	42.92%	722
40	Ramos	4,271	1:223	2.63%	47
41	Reyes	4,241	1:224	3.22%	66
42	Guzman	4,065	1:234	2.73%	55
43	Castillo	4,025	1:236	2.10%	34
44	Medina	3,943	1:241	2.41%	46
45	Rivera	3,857	1:247	1.93%	30
46	Marin	3,786	1:251	1.96%	33
47	Bernal	3,708	1:257	3.85%	94
48	Cortes	3,677	1:259	2.45%	53
49	Arias	3,656	1:260	1.85%	31
50	Calderon	3,617	1:263	3.29%	83
51	Quintero	3,526	1:270	1.43%	27
52	Agudelo	3,452	1:276	2.65%	68
53	Valencia	3,361	1:283	1.23%	22
54	Mendez	3,358	1:283	3.11%	87
55	Baquero	3,356	1:283	12.43%	347
56	Lozano	3,218	1:296	2.87%	80
57	Rey	3,069	1:310	13.55%	405
58	Buitrago	3,006	1:316	3.44%	105
59	Pardo	2,972	1:320	6.39%	224
60	Guerrero	2,963	1:321	1.70%	43
61	Avila	2,960	1:321	2.88%	88
62	Rios	2,844	1:334	2.01%	60
63	Molina	2,782	1:342	1.92%	57
64	Ospina	2,720	1:350	1.97%	63
65	Giraldo	2,605	1:365	1.29%	29
66	Ladino	2,598	1:366	10.30%	375
67	Silva	2,568	1:370	2.28%	79
68	Londoño	2,557	1:372	1.75%	56
69	Vanegas	2,543	1:374	2.80%	101
70	Pinzon	2,535	1:375	3.32%	122
71	Mendoza	2,533	1:376	1.49%	45
72	Trujillo	2,526	1:377	2.90%	106
73	Bermudez	2,508	1:379	3.12%	116
74	Daza	2,502	1:380	3.53%	133
75	Forero	2,500	1:380	3.33%	124
76	Florez	2,482	1:383	1.26%	32
77	Vega	2,480	1:384	2.29%	86
78	Cardona	2,456	1:387	1.39%	39
79	Prieto	2,430	1:391	4.77%	199
80	Osorio	2,422	1:393	1.35%	37
81	Barrera	2,416	1:394	2.92%	115
82	Mejia	2,394	1:397	1.27%	35
83	Quevedo	2,381	1:399	12.92%	477
84	Franco	2,332	1:408	2.45%	95
85	Ardila	2,316	1:411	3.58%	151
86	Ariza	2,311	1:412	3.30%	138
87	Murcia	2,306	1:412	4.59%	204
88	Carrillo	2,269	1:419	2.98%	123
89	Guevara	2,257	1:421	3.54%	157
90	Camacho	2,247	1:423	2.92%	120
91	Salazar	2,240	1:425	1.39%	48
92	Barbosa	2,223	1:428	5.09%	237
93	Mosquera	2,207	1:431	1.22%	36
94	Amaya	2,195	1:433	3.17%	140
95	Bejarano	2,159	1:441	6.10%	280
96	Sanabria	2,152	1:442	4.28%	202
96	Vasquez	2,152	1:442	1.43%	51
98	Murillo	2,151	1:442	1.96%	84
99	Riveros	2,129	1:447	12.19%	496

100	Pineda	2,094	1:454	2.14%	92
101	Bonilla	2,086	1:456	3.21%	149
102	Roa	2,025	1:470	4.29%	218
103	Aguirre	2,010	1:473	2.35%	109
104	Contreras	1,998	1:476	1.59%	71
105	Barreto	1,992	1:478	4.64%	240
106	Perdomo	1,991	1:478	3.55%	182
107	Restrepo	1,973	1:482	1.13%	42
108	Zapata	1,964	1:484	1.12%	41
109	Sierra	1,957	1:486	1.38%	61
110	Clavijo	1,946	1:489	6.65%	321
111	Piñeros	1,931	1:493	10.80%	484
112	Cifuentes	1,930	1:493	3.09%	161
113	Castaño	1,926	1:494	1.77%	85
114	Rozo	1,919	1:496	6.74%	331
115	Pulido	1,918	1:496	3.59%	192
116	Mahecha	1,908	1:499	6.89%	339
117	Bohorquez	1,882	1:505	3.43%	185
118	Alfonso	1,856	1:512	5.14%	273
119	Urrego	1,831	1:519	4.39%	243
120	Cespedes	1,804	1:527	9.25%	456
121	Quiroga	1,802	1:528	4.40%	247
122	Duarte	1,799	1:529	2.54%	132
123	Tovar	1,797	1:529	2.79%	153
124	Delgado	1,789	1:532	1.57%	78
125	Montoya	1,772	1:537	1.18%	52
126	Niño	1,760	1:540	2.60%	144
127	Caicedo	1,751	1:543	1.44%	74
128	Nieto	1,744	1:545	3.47%	203
129	Carvajal	1,703	1:559	1.82%	96
130	Paez	1,698	1:560	2.36%	130
131	Galindo	1,697	1:561	2.99%	179
132	Correa	1,678	1:567	1.06%	49
133	Escobar	1,670	1:570	1.36%	73
134	Aguilar	1,667	1:571	2.80%	172
135	Fernandez	1,652	1:576	1.40%	76
135	Patiño	1,652	1:576	1.66%	89
137	Melo	1,639	1:580	3.07%	194
138	Novoa	1,635	1:582	7.82%	429
139	Linares	1,632	1:583	7.12%	402
140	Bustos	1,601	1:594	4.35%	262
141	Rubio	1,591	1:598	4.34%	264
142	Jaramillo	1,564	1:608	1.16%	65
143	Alvarado	1,537	1:619	3.23%	214
144	Castellanos	1,525	1:624	2.75%	183
145	Leal	1,515	1:628	3.95%	254
146	Espinosa	1,513	1:629	2.15%	136
147	Triana	1,496	1:636	3.20%	221
148	Cuellar	1,482	1:642	3.56%	245
149	Gil	1,474	1:645	1.58%	97
150	Arevalo	1,465	1:649	2.15%	141
151	Olaya	1,451	1:656	3.99%	267
152	Sarmiento	1,423	1:668	2.01%	134
153	Cano	1,418	1:671	1.56%	100
154	Ayala	1,409	1:675	2.38%	173
155	Henao	1,401	1:679	1.25%	81
156	Duran	1,397	1:681	1.82%	121
157	Gaitan	1,387	1:686	5.21%	356
158	Fajardo	1,369	1:695	3.09%	235
159	Urrea	1,355	1:702	6.07%	408
160	Betancourt	1,348	1:706	4.41%	308
161	Fuentes	1,341	1:709	2.19%	165
162	Hurtado	1,334	1:713	1.14%	77
163	Sabogal	1,321	1:720	7.34%	483
164	Rico	1,303	1:730	3.27%	251
165	Velez	1,296	1:734	1.31%	91
166	Vergara	1,294	1:735	1.47%	102
167	Poveda	1,277	1:745	4.70%	343
168	Navarro	1,276	1:745	1.53%	113
169	Acevedo	1,266	1:751	1.38%	99
170	Cubillos	1,243	1:765	4.33%	327
171	Reina	1,235	1:770	5.21%	394
172	Saavedra	1,233	1:771	3.41%	272
173	Ocampo	1,232	1:772	1.69%	128
174	Soto	1,230	1:773	1.41%	107
175	Sandoval	1,217	1:782	1.63%	125
176	Bedoya	1,215	1:783	1.10%	82
177	Arenas	1,207	1:788	2.11%	177
178	Montenegro	1,187	1:801	2.62%	228
179	Arango	1,185	1:803	1.23%	93
180	Rueda	1,178	1:807	1.92%	164
181	Ortega	1,168	1:814	0.77%	50
182	Orjuela	1,157	1:822	3.49%	294
183	Villalobos	1,142	1:833	5.75%	450
184	Solano	1,132	1:840	1.95%	174
185	Molano	1,127	1:844	4.39%	367
186	Loaiza	1,118	1:851	1.87%	169
187	Espitia	1,117	1:852	2.31%	210
188	Galeano	1,115	1:853	2.07%	190
189	Aldana	1,112	1:855	3.50%	299
190	Palacios	1,107	1:859	1.31%	110
191	Salgado	1,106	1:860	2.46%	230
191	Vera	1,106	1:860	2.28%	209
193	Chacon	1,102	1:863	2.98%	260
194	Pinto	1,100	1:865	2.23%	208
195	Monroy	1,093	1:870	3.01%	268
196	Cardozo	1,070	1:889	3.14%	291
197	Chavez	1,061	1:897	2.25%	217
198	Bravo	1,059	1:898	2.00%	196
199	Tellez	1,027	1:926	3.60%	329

200	Gonzales	1,022	1:931	1.92%	195
201	Gallego	1,010	1:942	1.22%	114
202	Villamil	1,009	1:943	3.11%	296
203	Enciso	1,008	1:944	9.98%	717
204	Valderrama	1,007	1:945	2.91%	286
205	Pinilla	994	1:957	3.37%	318
206	Bautista	991	1:960	1.98%	205
207	Duque	987	1:964	1.28%	119
208	Perilla	984	1:967	8.37%	642
209	Lara	981	1:970	2.10%	222
210	Mesa	978	1:973	1.51%	152
210	Varon	978	1:973	4.71%	434
212	Santos	977	1:974	2.47%	252
213	Puentes	970	1:981	3.03%	298
214	Riaño	965	1:986	3.09%	304
215	Barragan	963	1:988	3.00%	297
216	Alarcon	960	1:991	2.02%	215
217	Salamanca	959	1:992	2.81%	290
218	Cordoba	957	1:994	0.97%	90
219	Velasco	952	1:999	1.59%	168
220	Cabrera	950	1:1,001	1.66%	178
221	Chaparro	948	1:1,003	2.68%	281
222	Padilla	947	1:1,004	1.02%	98
223	Orozco	944	1:1,008	0.72%	67
224	Zambrano	938	1:1,014	1.38%	142
225	Benavides	935	1:1,017	1.28%	129
226	Nuñez	927	1:1,026	1.55%	171
227	Peralta	921	1:1,033	3.41%	345
228	Cañon	919	1:1,035	4.47%	436
228	Hoyos	919	1:1,035	1.05%	104
230	Camargo	909	1:1,046	1.29%	135
231	Prada	902	1:1,055	2.52%	277
232	Serrano	899	1:1,058	1.92%	220
233	Cubides	894	1:1,064	6.67%	595
234	Becerra	887	1:1,072	1.58%	180
235	Naranjo	879	1:1,082	1.93%	226
236	Galvis	878	1:1,083	1.35%	150
237	Huertas	876	1:1,086	3.28%	354
237	Toro	876	1:1,086	1.12%	117
239	Mancera	875	1:1,087	9.70%	775
240	Robayo	871	1:1,092	4.34%	446
241	Ordoñez	868	1:1,096	1.12%	118
242	Ochoa	867	1:1,097	1.24%	139
243	Serna	865	1:1,100	1.23%	137
244	Segura	864	1:1,101	2.38%	266
245	Pedraza	862	1:1,103	2.36%	265
246	Celis	857	1:1,110	3.07%	337
247	Barrios	855	1:1,113	1.02%	112
248	Campos	852	1:1,116	3.16%	346
249	Andrade	844	1:1,127	1.89%	234
250	Zamora	843	1:1,128	3.44%	387
251	Porras	842	1:1,130	3.14%	350
252	Jara	839	1:1,134	13.39%	942
253	Velandia	827	1:1,150	2.23%	259
254	Garavito	812	1:1,171	4.80%	508
255	Neira	810	1:1,174	5.04%	523
256	Salcedo	808	1:1,177	1.49%	187
257	Angel	805	1:1,182	2.96%	342
258	Fonseca	804	1:1,183	1.43%	181
259	Gordillo	803	1:1,185	4.91%	515
260	Pabon	797	1:1,193	1.92%	246
261	Aya	775	1:1,227	13.63%	982
261	Rivas	775	1:1,227	1.70%	227
263	Salinas	762	1:1,248	2.84%	349
264	Rocha	755	1:1,260	2.54%	317
265	Tique	751	1:1,267	4.39%	503
266	Saenz	750	1:1,268	2.71%	338
267	Rondon	738	1:1,289	4.46%	512
268	Bobadilla	734	1:1,296	14.57%	1,029
269	Maldonado	731	1:1,301	1.66%	236
270	Caro	730	1:1,303	1.37%	193
271	Mayorga	728	1:1,307	3.60%	442
272	Aguilera	721	1:1,319	7.25%	727
273	Bolaños	720	1:1,321	1.25%	176
273	Montaña	720	1:1,321	4.67%	540
275	Blanco	715	1:1,330	0.97%	127
276	Casallas	708	1:1,343	3.71%	463
277	Sepulveda	707	1:1,345	1.15%	163
278	Uribe	706	1:1,347	1.10%	156
279	Manrique	700	1:1,359	2.41%	325
279	Santamaria	700	1:1,359	3.10%	406
281	Rubiano	699	1:1,361	2.64%	358
282	Ballesteros	697	1:1,365	1.82%	256
283	Martin	693	1:1,373	3.79%	481
284	Luna	691	1:1,377	1.27%	189
285	Casas	686	1:1,387	2.78%	386
286	Mondragon	682	1:1,395	6.02%	662
287	Roldan	679	1:1,401	3.58%	466
288	Oviedo	678	1:1,403	1.51%	232
289	Corredor	667	1:1,426	2.18%	307
290	Fierro	664	1:1,433	5.05%	600
291	Figueroa	661	1:1,439	1.30%	200
292	Amado	659	1:1,443	4.60%	574
293	Benitez	658	1:1,446	1.09%	166
294	Narvaez	656	1:1,450	0.78%	111
295	Devia	650	1:1,463	5.33%	627
296	Lozada	647	1:1,470	3.22%	447
296	Penagos	647	1:1,470	2.66%	390
298	Cantor	646	1:1,472	6.23%	705
298	Gamboa	646	1:1,472	1.70%	258

298	Umaña	646	1:1,472	11.71%	992
301	Cadena	644	1:1,477	2.15%	313
302	Castiblanco	643	1:1,479	2.19%	320
303	Gaviria	639	1:1,489	1.00%	154
304	Soler	638	1:1,491	4.39%	565
305	Cuervo	637	1:1,493	2.13%	314
306	Villa	636	1:1,496	0.97%	148
307	Acuña	634	1:1,500	1.73%	263
308	Mateus	629	1:1,512	3.11%	443
308	Olarte	629	1:1,512	3.24%	459
310	Alzate	628	1:1,515	0.93%	143
311	Arboleda	623	1:1,527	0.99%	158
311	Valero	623	1:1,527	4.20%	556
313	Meneses	622	1:1,529	1.04%	167
314	Gualteros	610	1:1,559	9.42%	923
315	Varela	608	1:1,564	2.35%	365
316	Baron	606	1:1,570	2.19%	340
317	Castrillon	602	1:1,580	1.28%	219