Chile Genealogical Records
Chile Birth & Baptism Records
An index to and images of over 1.6 million birth, marriage and death records. They records details such as occupations and parents' names.
An index to over 2.3 million baptism records, listing parents' names.
A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.
Chile Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to and images of over 1.6 million birth, marriage and death records. They records details such as occupations and parents' names.
An index to over 410,000 marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
Chile Death & Burial Records
An index to and images of over 1.6 million birth, marriage and death records. They records details such as occupations and parents' names.
An index of around 260,000 death records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.
Newspapers Covering Chile
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.
Chile 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.
Chile Cemeteries
An index to and images of burial registers, authorizations for the burial of individuals, proofs of payment for the right to use the grave recording millions of burials.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Chile 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.
Chile Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Chile
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.
Chile 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.
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Chile 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
Chile hath East, the Virginian Ocean; West, Mare dell Zur; North, Peru; and South, the Streights of Magellanus. It taketh its denomination from the vehemency of the cold here. The Countrey toward the mid-land is mountainous, and unfruitfull; toward the shore level, fruitfull, and watered with divers Rivers. The Spaniards find here good plenty of Gold, abundance of Honey, store of Cattel, and Wine enough for their own use. The People are very warlike, and of a Giant-like stature, as being (some of them) 11 foot high. The chief Towns are Arequipoum, St. James, built by the Spaniard; Cocimbam, Villadives, and the Imperial.
With an area estimated at 289,798 square miles, Chile comprises twenty-three provinces and one territory, and lies between the Andes and the Pacific. It had a total population of 3,777,485 on August 1, 1921. Agriculture and mining are the chief pursuits. Imports from the United Kingdom in 1920 amounted to £9,884,101, the Exports to this country being £12,942,932. The principal Imports are cotton, woollens, machinery, articles of apparel, tools, hardware and cutlery; and the chief Exports are nitrates, silver and copper ores, hides, wheat and guano. The mineral wealth of the country is enormous. Santiago, the capital, has a population of (1920) 498,931; Valparaiso, 191,000; Concepcion, 86,144; Talca, 39,312; Iquique, 44,290; Chilian, 39,000, and Antofagasta, 56,000.
Most Common Surnames in Chile
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzalez | 364,212 | 1:48 | |
| 2 | Muñoz | 282,968 | 1:62 | |
| 3 | Rojas | 207,654 | 1:85 | |
| 4 | Diaz | 202,031 | 1:87 | |
| 5 | Perez | 160,727 | 1:110 | |
| 6 | Soto | 144,357 | 1:122 | |
| 7 | Contreras | 137,129 | 1:128 | |
| 8 | Silva | 129,716 | 1:136 | |
| 9 | Martinez | 123,988 | 1:142 | |
| 10 | Sepulveda | 123,140 | 1:143 | |
| 11 | Morales | 122,977 | 1:143 | |
| 12 | Rodriguez | 120,341 | 1:146 | |
| 13 | Lopez | 118,787 | 1:148 | |
| 14 | Araya | 114,586 | 1:154 | |
| 15 | Fuentes | 113,603 | 1:155 | |
| 16 | Hernandez | 111,148 | 1:158 | |
| 17 | Torres | 110,671 | 1:159 | |
| 18 | Espinoza | 109,052 | 1:162 | |
| 19 | Flores | 108,550 | 1:162 | |
| 20 | Castillo | 107,334 | 1:164 | |
| 21 | Valenzuela | 106,310 | 1:166 | |
| 22 | Ramirez | 104,349 | 1:169 | |
| 23 | Reyes | 102,836 | 1:171 | |
| 24 | Gutierrez | 99,028 | 1:178 | |
| 25 | Castro | 98,685 | 1:179 | |
| 26 | Vargas | 96,183 | 1:183 | |
| 27 | Alvarez | 95,276 | 1:185 | |
| 28 | Vasquez | 92,794 | 1:190 | |
| 29 | Tapia | 89,866 | 1:196 | |
| 30 | Fernandez | 88,659 | 1:199 | |
| 31 | Sanchez | 88,017 | 1:200 | |
| 32 | Cortes | 87,401 | 1:202 | |
| 33 | Gomez | 85,058 | 1:207 | |
| 34 | Herrera | 84,930 | 1:207 | |
| 35 | Carrasco | 83,862 | 1:210 | |
| 36 | Nuñez | 82,158 | 1:214 | |
| 37 | Miranda | 81,427 | 1:216 | |
| 38 | Jara | 78,401 | 1:225 | |
| 39 | Vergara | 76,527 | 1:230 | |
| 40 | Rivera | 73,581 | 1:239 | |
| 41 | Figueroa | 70,911 | 1:248 | |
| 42 | Garcia | 70,567 | 1:250 | |
| 43 | Bravo | 69,864 | 1:252 | |
| 44 | Riquelme | 69,651 | 1:253 | |
| 45 | Vera | 66,610 | 1:264 | |
| 46 | Vega | 64,874 | 1:272 | |
| 47 | Molina | 63,907 | 1:276 | |
| 48 | Campos | 61,669 | 1:286 | |
| 49 | Sandoval | 61,574 | 1:286 | |
| 50 | Olivares | 61,516 | 1:286 | |
| 51 | Orellana | 61,197 | 1:288 | |
| 52 | Zuñiga | 59,687 | 1:295 | |
| 53 | Ortiz | 57,503 | 1:306 | |
| 54 | Gallardo | 57,325 | 1:307 | |
| 55 | Alarcon | 56,966 | 1:309 | |
| 56 | Garrido | 56,170 | 1:314 | |
| 57 | Salazar | 55,894 | 1:315 | |
| 58 | Pizarro | 53,997 | 1:326 | |
| 59 | Aguilera | 53,820 | 1:327 | |
| 60 | Saavedra | 53,584 | 1:329 | |
| 61 | Romero | 53,253 | 1:331 | |
| 62 | Guzman | 53,114 | 1:332 | |
| 63 | Henriquez | 52,684 | 1:334 | |
| 64 | Navarro | 52,012 | 1:339 | |
| 65 | Peña | 51,675 | 1:341 | |
| 66 | Aravena | 51,637 | 1:341 | |
| 67 | Godoy | 51,540 | 1:342 | |
| 68 | Caceres | 51,539 | 1:342 | |
| 69 | Parra | 51,189 | 1:344 | |
| 70 | Leiva | 49,176 | 1:358 | |
| 71 | Escobar | 48,161 | 1:366 | |
| 72 | Yañez | 48,070 | 1:366 | |
| 73 | Valdes | 48,017 | 1:367 | |
| 74 | Salinas | 47,235 | 1:373 | |
| 75 | Vidal | 46,830 | 1:376 | |
| 76 | Jimenez | 46,240 | 1:381 | |
| 77 | Lagos | 44,249 | 1:398 | |
| 78 | Ruiz | 44,025 | 1:400 | |
| 79 | Cardenas | 43,237 | 1:407 | |
| 80 | Bustos | 43,133 | 1:408 | |
| 81 | Medina | 43,038 | 1:409 | |
| 82 | Maldonado | 43,009 | 1:410 | |
| 83 | Pino | 42,555 | 1:414 | |
| 84 | Moreno | 41,595 | 1:424 | |
| 85 | Carvajal | 41,567 | 1:424 | |
| 86 | Palma | 41,463 | 1:425 | |
| 87 | Sanhueza | 40,168 | 1:439 | |
| 88 | Poblete | 39,902 | 1:441 | |
| 89 | Navarrete | 39,635 | 1:444 | |
| 90 | Saez | 39,561 | 1:445 | |
| 91 | Toro | 39,495 | 1:446 | |
| 92 | Donoso | 39,111 | 1:450 | |
| 93 | Ortega | 39,041 | 1:451 | |
| 94 | Venegas | 38,840 | 1:454 | |
| 95 | Bustamante | 38,656 | 1:456 | |
| 96 | Alvarado | 38,253 | 1:461 | |
| 97 | Acevedo | 38,238 | 1:461 | |
| 98 | Farias | 38,049 | 1:463 | |
| 99 | Acuña | 37,539 | 1:469 | |
| 100 | Guerrero | 37,325 | 1:472 | |
| 101 | Cerda | 37,297 | 1:472 | |
| 102 | Pinto | 37,179 | 1:474 | |
| 103 | Paredes | 36,745 | 1:479 | |
| 104 | Quezada | 36,532 | 1:482 | |
| 105 | San Martin | 36,483 | 1:483 | |
| 106 | Toledo | 36,226 | 1:486 | |
| 107 | Cornejo | 36,196 | 1:487 | |
| 108 | Mora | 35,746 | 1:493 | |
| 109 | Ramos | 35,639 | 1:494 | |
| 110 | Arriagada | 35,381 | 1:498 | |
| 111 | Arancibia | 34,579 | 1:509 | |
| 112 | Velasquez | 34,270 | 1:514 | |
| 113 | Hidalgo | 33,578 | 1:525 | |
| 114 | Salas | 33,492 | 1:526 | |
| 115 | Troncoso | 33,399 | 1:527 | |
| 116 | Aguilar | 32,737 | 1:538 | |
| 117 | Ulloa | 32,709 | 1:539 | |
| 118 | Cabrera | 32,519 | 1:542 | |
| 119 | Rios | 32,460 | 1:543 | |
| 120 | Inostroza | 32,292 | 1:546 | |
| 121 | Rivas | 32,262 | 1:546 | |
| 122 | Duran | 32,178 | 1:547 | |
| 123 | Leon | 32,120 | 1:548 | |
| 124 | Arias | 32,013 | 1:550 | |
| 125 | Villarroel | 31,826 | 1:554 | |
| 126 | Cuevas | 31,588 | 1:558 | |
| 127 | Osorio | 31,363 | 1:562 | |
| 128 | Marin | 31,093 | 1:567 | |
| 129 | Calderon | 30,845 | 1:571 | |
| 130 | Lara | 30,684 | 1:574 | |
| 131 | Mendez | 30,308 | 1:581 | |
| 132 | Chavez | 29,984 | 1:588 | |
| 133 | Catalan | 29,890 | 1:589 | |
| 134 | Ponce | 29,863 | 1:590 | |
| 135 | Pacheco | 29,841 | 1:590 | |
| 136 | Villalobos | 29,462 | 1:598 | |
| 137 | Ojeda | 29,284 | 1:602 | |
| 138 | Moya | 29,113 | 1:605 | |
| 139 | Correa | 29,109 | 1:605 | |
| 140 | Barrera | 29,018 | 1:607 | |
| 141 | Cifuentes | 28,939 | 1:609 | |
| 142 | Concha | 28,384 | 1:621 | |
| 143 | Burgos | 28,299 | 1:623 | |
| 144 | Delgado | 28,117 | 1:627 | |
| 145 | Alfaro | 27,528 | 1:640 | |
| 146 | Guerra | 27,226 | 1:647 | |
| 147 | Gajardo | 27,082 | 1:650 | |
| 148 | Salgado | 26,851 | 1:656 | |
| 149 | Astudillo | 26,334 | 1:669 | |
| 150 | Uribe | 26,259 | 1:671 | |
| 151 | Barria | 26,229 | 1:672 | |
| 152 | Avila | 26,178 | 1:673 | |
| 153 | Zapata | 26,039 | 1:677 | |
| 154 | Ahumada | 25,673 | 1:686 | |
| 155 | Meza | 25,418 | 1:693 | |
| 156 | Retamal | 25,355 | 1:695 | |
| 157 | Pavez | 25,013 | 1:704 | |
| 158 | Jorquera | 24,834 | 1:709 | |
| 159 | Aguirre | 24,659 | 1:714 | |
| 160 | Becerra | 24,506 | 1:719 | |
| 161 | Neira | 24,393 | 1:722 | |
| 162 | Galvez | 24,169 | 1:729 | |
| 163 | Lobos | 24,146 | 1:730 | |
| 164 | Barraza | 23,994 | 1:734 | |
| 165 | Valdebenito | 23,876 | 1:738 | |
| 166 | Moraga | 23,703 | 1:743 | |
| 167 | Abarca | 23,390 | 1:753 | |
| 168 | Valdivia | 23,224 | 1:759 | |
| 169 | Pereira | 23,141 | 1:761 | |
| 170 | Araneda | 23,078 | 1:763 | |
| 171 | Guajardo | 23,059 | 1:764 | |
| 172 | Carcamo | 22,976 | 1:767 | |
| 173 | Canales | 22,938 | 1:768 | |
| 174 | Barrientos | 22,729 | 1:775 | |
| 175 | Villegas | 22,692 | 1:776 | |
| 176 | Urrutia | 22,665 | 1:777 | |
| 177 | Cruz | 22,143 | 1:796 | |
| 178 | Gatica | 22,068 | 1:798 | |
| 179 | Riveros | 22,060 | 1:799 | |
| 180 | Ibarra | 21,930 | 1:803 | |
| 181 | Quiroz | 21,858 | 1:806 | |
| 182 | Mella | 21,804 | 1:808 | |
| 183 | Cisternas | 21,703 | 1:812 | |
| 184 | Cid | 21,672 | 1:813 | |
| 185 | Mancilla | 21,533 | 1:818 | |
| 186 | Baeza | 21,488 | 1:820 | |
| 187 | Gaete | 21,410 | 1:823 | |
| 188 | Mardones | 21,332 | 1:826 | |
| 189 | Mansilla | 21,279 | 1:828 | |
| 190 | Albornoz | 20,968 | 1:840 | |
| 191 | Manriquez | 20,930 | 1:842 | |
| 192 | Andrade | 20,772 | 1:848 | |
| 193 | Vallejos | 20,728 | 1:850 | |
| 194 | Leal | 20,639 | 1:854 | |
| 195 | Caro | 20,594 | 1:855 | |
| 196 | Valencia | 20,288 | 1:868 | |
| 197 | Carreño | 20,273 | 1:869 | |
| 198 | Rebolledo | 20,191 | 1:872 | |
| 199 | Fuentealba | 20,092 | 1:877 | |
| 200 | Solis | 19,967 | 1:882 | |