Paraguay Genealogical Records
Paraguay Birth & Baptism Records
An index to around 100,000 Catholic birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.
Paraguay Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to more than 13,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
Newspapers Covering Paraguay
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.
Paraguay 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.
Paraguay Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Paraguay 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.
Paraguay Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Paraguay
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.
Paraguay 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.
Paraguay 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
The country shows some signs of progress, but is still very primitive. The natural resources lie chiefly in the primeval forests and the pasture lands. The climate is extremely hot throughout a large portion of the year, and is unsuitable for inhabitants of North Europe who desire to engage in manual labour. Area 65,000 square miles (not including the Chaco to which Bolivia also lays claim). Population, about 800,000 inhabitants.
Exports, in order of importance, are: hides, timber, quebracho extract (tannin), yerba mate (Paraguay tea), tobacco, cattle and animal products, oranges, and petit grain oil. There is a single track railway from Asuncion the capital (80,000) to Encarnacion in the south of the country (232 miles) which joins (by means of a train ferry over the river Alto Parana) the Argentine railway system.
Imports from the United Kingdom in 1920 were £172,134, and the Exports to this country £2,413.
Most Common Surnames in Paraguay
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzalez | 270,526 | 1:27 | |
| 2 | Benitez | 197,477 | 1:37 | |
| 3 | Martinez | 168,456 | 1:43 | |
| 4 | Lopez | 128,194 | 1:56 | |
| 5 | Gimenez | 92,875 | 1:78 | |
| 6 | Vera | 86,454 | 1:84 | |
| 7 | Duarte | 83,354 | 1:87 | |
| 8 | Ramirez | 82,149 | 1:88 | |
| 9 | Villalba | 81,393 | 1:89 | |
| 10 | Fernandez | 79,698 | 1:91 | |
| 11 | Gomez | 73,371 | 1:99 | |
| 12 | Rojas | 71,803 | 1:101 | |
| 13 | Acosta | 71,621 | 1:101 | |
| 14 | Ortiz | 68,577 | 1:106 | |
| 15 | Caceres | 66,319 | 1:109 | |
| 16 | Rodriguez | 63,321 | 1:114 | |
| 17 | Ruiz | 62,872 | 1:115 | |
| 18 | Nuñez | 61,993 | 1:117 | |
| 19 | Ayala | 59,455 | 1:122 | |
| 20 | Baez | 57,849 | 1:125 | |
| 21 | Cabrera | 54,993 | 1:132 | |
| 22 | Galeano | 54,956 | 1:132 | |
| 23 | Ferreira | 54,187 | 1:134 | |
| 24 | Romero | 52,620 | 1:138 | |
| 25 | Franco | 51,016 | 1:142 | |
| 26 | Sosa | 50,526 | 1:143 | |
| 27 | Torres | 50,198 | 1:144 | |
| 28 | Espinola | 50,115 | 1:144 | |
| 29 | Cardozo | 49,916 | 1:145 | |
| 30 | Britez | 49,891 | 1:145 | |
| 31 | Caballero | 48,973 | 1:148 | |
| 32 | Medina | 48,687 | 1:149 | |
| 33 | Sanchez | 47,031 | 1:154 | |
| 34 | Diaz | 44,982 | 1:161 | |
| 35 | Aquino | 44,775 | 1:162 | |
| 36 | Pereira | 43,200 | 1:168 | |
| 37 | Bogado | 42,055 | 1:172 | |
| 38 | Amarilla | 41,426 | 1:175 | |
| 39 | Jara | 40,022 | 1:181 | |
| 40 | Garcia | 38,503 | 1:188 | |
| 41 | Escobar | 38,053 | 1:190 | |
| 42 | Vazquez | 37,147 | 1:195 | |
| 43 | Paredes | 36,965 | 1:196 | |
| 44 | Sanabria | 36,495 | 1:198 | |
| 45 | Velazquez | 35,335 | 1:205 | |
| 46 | Mendoza | 34,260 | 1:211 | |
| 47 | Barrios | 33,640 | 1:215 | |
| 48 | Coronel | 33,034 | 1:219 | |
| 49 | Ojeda | 31,842 | 1:227 | |
| 50 | Portillo | 31,638 | 1:229 | |
| 51 | Colman | 31,333 | 1:231 | |
| 52 | Rolon | 30,761 | 1:235 | |
| 53 | Dominguez | 29,976 | 1:241 | |
| 54 | Riveros | 29,872 | 1:242 | |
| 55 | Centurion | 29,334 | 1:247 | |
| 56 | Aguero | 28,409 | 1:255 | |
| 57 | Silva | 28,236 | 1:256 | |
| 58 | Perez | 27,389 | 1:264 | |
| 59 | Peralta | 27,366 | 1:264 | |
| 60 | Rios | 26,900 | 1:269 | |
| 61 | Figueredo | 26,375 | 1:274 | |
| 62 | Fleitas | 26,044 | 1:278 | |
| 63 | Lezcano | 25,785 | 1:281 | |
| 64 | Meza | 25,770 | 1:281 | |
| 65 | Godoy | 25,546 | 1:283 | |
| 66 | Alvarez | 25,218 | 1:287 | |
| 67 | Avalos | 24,880 | 1:291 | |
| 68 | Valdez | 24,716 | 1:293 | |
| 69 | Melgarejo | 24,285 | 1:298 | |
| 70 | Salinas | 23,869 | 1:303 | |
| 71 | Gamarra | 23,804 | 1:304 | |
| 72 | Barreto | 23,747 | 1:305 | |
| 73 | Morel | 23,633 | 1:306 | |
| 74 | Cantero | 23,439 | 1:309 | |
| 75 | Candia | 22,215 | 1:326 | |
| 76 | Florentin | 22,156 | 1:327 | |
| 77 | Estigarribia | 21,585 | 1:335 | |
| 78 | Recalde | 21,531 | 1:336 | |
| 79 | Aguilera | 21,349 | 1:339 | |
| 80 | Arce | 21,234 | 1:341 | |
| 81 | Cristaldo | 20,904 | 1:346 | |
| 82 | Olmedo | 20,506 | 1:353 | |
| 83 | Cañete | 20,469 | 1:354 | |
| 84 | Garcete | 20,128 | 1:360 | |
| 85 | Insfran | 20,083 | 1:360 | |
| 86 | Chavez | 19,872 | 1:364 | |
| 87 | Rivas | 19,827 | 1:365 | |
| 88 | Mendez | 19,730 | 1:367 | |
| 89 | Ortega | 19,710 | 1:367 | |
| 90 | Alvarenga | 19,700 | 1:367 | |
| 91 | Santacruz | 19,484 | 1:371 | |
| 92 | Vargas | 19,471 | 1:372 | |
| 93 | Morinigo | 19,176 | 1:377 | |
| 94 | Leguizamon | 19,012 | 1:381 | |
| 95 | Acuña | 18,707 | 1:387 | |
| 96 | Segovia | 18,647 | 1:388 | |
| 97 | Fariña | 18,449 | 1:392 | |
| 98 | Zarate | 18,280 | 1:396 | |
| 99 | Ocampos | 18,138 | 1:399 | |
| 100 | Roman | 18,088 | 1:400 | |
| 101 | Rodas | 18,070 | 1:400 | |
| 102 | Arguello | 18,024 | 1:402 | |
| 103 | Vega | 17,944 | 1:403 | |
| 104 | Miranda | 17,737 | 1:408 | |
| 105 | Bareiro | 17,721 | 1:408 | |
| 106 | Garay | 17,630 | 1:410 | |
| 107 | Almada | 17,530 | 1:413 | |
| 108 | Cabral | 17,477 | 1:414 | |
| 109 | Davalos | 17,284 | 1:419 | |
| 110 | Aranda | 17,103 | 1:423 | |
| 111 | Quintana | 17,070 | 1:424 | |
| 112 | Gaona | 17,048 | 1:424 | |
| 113 | Flores | 17,030 | 1:425 | |
| 114 | Ramos | 16,737 | 1:432 | |
| 115 | Noguera | 16,713 | 1:433 | |
| 116 | Fretes | 16,439 | 1:440 | |
| 117 | Oviedo | 16,246 | 1:445 | |
| 118 | Quiñonez | 16,119 | 1:449 | |
| 119 | Maldonado | 15,983 | 1:453 | |
| 120 | Maidana | 15,883 | 1:456 | |
| 121 | Torales | 15,633 | 1:463 | |
| 122 | Bernal | 15,545 | 1:466 | |
| 123 | Irala | 15,532 | 1:466 | |
| 124 | Ovelar | 15,483 | 1:467 | |
| 125 | Alcaraz | 15,379 | 1:471 | |
| 126 | Delvalle | 15,264 | 1:474 | |
| 127 | Lugo | 15,202 | 1:476 | |
| 128 | Chamorro | 14,988 | 1:483 | |
| 129 | Prieto | 14,847 | 1:487 | |
| 130 | Leiva | 14,759 | 1:490 | |
| 131 | Arevalos | 14,581 | 1:496 | |
| 132 | Gauto | 14,429 | 1:502 | |
| 133 | Servin | 14,050 | 1:515 | |
| 134 | Castillo | 13,975 | 1:518 | |
| 135 | Montiel | 13,930 | 1:520 | |
| 136 | Samudio | 13,845 | 1:523 | |
| 137 | Chaparro | 13,819 | 1:524 | |
| 138 | Mereles | 13,703 | 1:528 | |
| 139 | Maciel | 13,636 | 1:531 | |
| 140 | Brizuela | 13,626 | 1:531 | |
| 141 | Cabañas | 13,406 | 1:540 | |
| 142 | Delgado | 13,355 | 1:542 | |
| 143 | Mareco | 13,308 | 1:544 | |
| 144 | Aguilar | 13,273 | 1:545 | |
| 145 | Riquelme | 13,164 | 1:550 | |
| 146 | Silvero | 13,101 | 1:552 | |
| 147 | Rotela | 12,738 | 1:568 | |
| 148 | Cano | 12,724 | 1:569 | |
| 149 | Armoa | 12,693 | 1:570 | |
| 150 | Samaniego | 12,400 | 1:584 | |
| 151 | Araujo | 12,394 | 1:584 | |
| 152 | Ibarra | 12,236 | 1:591 | |
| 153 | Roa | 12,232 | 1:592 | |
| 154 | Alfonso | 12,124 | 1:597 | |
| 155 | Gavilan | 11,924 | 1:607 | |
| 156 | Bogarin | 11,923 | 1:607 | |
| 157 | Jimenez | 11,758 | 1:615 | |
| 158 | Molinas | 11,730 | 1:617 | |
| 159 | Cespedes | 11,652 | 1:621 | |
| 160 | Paniagua | 11,443 | 1:632 | |
| 161 | Leon | 11,438 | 1:633 | |
| 162 | Cuevas | 11,352 | 1:637 | |
| 163 | Peña | 11,338 | 1:638 | |
| 164 | Arzamendia | 11,064 | 1:654 | |
| 165 | Espinoza | 11,031 | 1:656 | |
| 166 | Paez | 10,937 | 1:662 | |
| 167 | Britos | 10,920 | 1:663 | |
| 168 | Casco | 10,886 | 1:665 | |
| 169 | Toledo | 10,731 | 1:674 | |
| 170 | Enciso | 10,610 | 1:682 | |
| 171 | Zarza | 10,583 | 1:684 | |
| 172 | Esquivel | 10,542 | 1:686 | |
| 173 | Moreno | 10,524 | 1:688 | |
| 174 | Bordon | 10,498 | 1:689 | |
| 175 | Marin | 10,366 | 1:698 | |
| 176 | Morales | 10,270 | 1:705 | |
| 177 | Penayo | 10,263 | 1:705 | |
| 178 | Mora | 10,229 | 1:707 | |
| 179 | Guerrero | 10,155 | 1:713 | |
| 180 | Arrua | 10,107 | 1:716 | |
| 181 | Zaracho | 10,075 | 1:718 | |
| 182 | Dure | 10,067 | 1:719 | |
| 183 | Bobadilla | 9,884 | 1:732 | |
| 184 | Alonso | 9,831 | 1:736 | |
| 185 | Reyes | 9,702 | 1:746 | |
| 186 | Balbuena | 9,697 | 1:746 | |
| 187 | Cubilla | 9,662 | 1:749 | |
| 188 | Valenzuela | 9,410 | 1:769 | |
| 189 | Orue | 9,404 | 1:770 | |
| 190 | Arias | 9,268 | 1:781 | |
| 191 | Villamayor | 9,267 | 1:781 | |
| 192 | Areco | 9,263 | 1:781 | |
| 193 | Almiron | 9,033 | 1:801 | |
| 194 | Ozuna | 8,926 | 1:811 | |
| 195 | Saucedo | 8,769 | 1:825 | |
| 196 | Ortigoza | 8,756 | 1:826 | |
| 197 | Ortellado | 8,720 | 1:830 | |
| 198 | Villar | 8,482 | 1:853 | |
| 199 | Marecos | 8,468 | 1:855 | |
| 200 | Trinidad | 8,290 | 1:873 | |