Peru Genealogical Records

Peru Birth & Baptism Records

Peru Catholic Church Records (1603-1992)

An index to and images of registers of baptism, confirmation, marriage, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths; and parish censuses. The records cover around 40 million entries.

Peru Baptism Index (1556-1930)

An index to over 4.1 million Catholic baptism records, listing parents' names.

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Peru Marriage & Divorce Records

Peru Catholic Church Records (1603-1992)

An index to and images of registers of baptism, confirmation, marriage, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths; and parish censuses. The records cover around 40 million entries.

Peru Marriage Index (1600-1940)

An index to over 450,000 marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Peru Death & Burial Records

Peru Catholic Church Records (1603-1992)

An index to and images of registers of baptism, confirmation, marriage, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths; and parish censuses. The records cover around 40 million entries.

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Peru Catholic Death Index (1750-1930)

An index to around 100,000 death records. The index may contain name, age, gender, parents' names, place of burial and date of burial.

Peru Census & Population Lists

Peru Catholic Church Records (1603-1992)

An index to and images of registers of baptism, confirmation, marriage, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths; and parish censuses. The records cover around 40 million entries.

Newspapers Covering Peru

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Peru Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

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.

Peru Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Peru Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Peru Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Peru

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Peru Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Peru Church Records

Peru Catholic Church Records (1603-1992)

An index to and images of registers of baptism, confirmation, marriage, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths; and parish censuses. The records cover around 40 million entries.

Peru Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Historical Description

Peru hath on the East, the Peruian Mountains; West, Mare Pacificum, or del Zur; North, Castella Aurea; and South, Chile.

The Soyl is luxuriant in all manner of Grain, fortunate in the civility of her Inhabitants, and salubrity of Air; here is great store of Tobacco. The People hold opinion, that Men after they are dead and buried, eat, drink, and wantonnize with Women; and therefore commonly at the death of any, they kill some of his servants.

This Province above any other in America is aboundant in gold and silver; the Mines whereof in silver; the Mines whereof in divers places yield more of this Metal than of Earth: by which abundance, not Spain only, but all Europe, is stored with more pure and fine Gold, than formerly it was.

The chief Cities of Peru are, 1. St. Michael. 2. Arequipa, seated on the River Plata, and the Haven-Town to Cusco. 3. Lima, distant about two leagues from the Sea; the Port that serveth it being called Collao. It is an Archbishops See, and residence of the Peruvian Viceroy. 4. Cusca, the Seat of the ancient Kings of this Nation. 5. Giacha. 6. Portoneio. 7. Tomobamba, glorying in her fair Palaces; and 8. Caxemalcha.

A Geographical Description of the World (1671) by George Meriton

An important South American Republic, the population of which maybe estimated at 4,000,000. The principal imports from the United Kingdom, consist of machinery, hardware, metals, woollen, silk, and cotton goods. Sugar is now the principal vegetable production of this fertile but uncultivated country, but cotton, copper, gold, silver, guano and rubber are also largely exported. The Exports to the United Kingdom in 1920 figured at £14,619,312, the Imports from the United Kingdom being of the value of £4,833,953. Peru is rich in minerals, and petroleum is also being largely produced. The capital is Lima, the population of which is about 141,000. Callao has 31,000 inhabitants.

The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide (1922)

Most Common Surnames in Peru

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Quispe573,7821:55
2Flores356,2761:89
3Sanchez315,8531:101
4Garcia304,1431:105
5Rodriguez294,9171:108
6Rojas285,4451:111
7Huaman277,2041:115
8Mamani269,8461:118
9Vasquez250,8521:127
10Ramos246,3421:129
11Lopez241,7431:131
12Torres235,9911:135
13Perez232,3881:137
14Diaz224,3201:142
15Gonzales215,5871:147
16Ramirez213,9311:149
17Mendoza206,4221:154
18Chavez201,9801:157
19Espinoza186,9831:170
20Castillo173,1951:184
21Fernandez171,0661:186
22Gutierrez162,7001:195
23Vargas162,0321:196
24Cruz153,7371:207
25Ruiz152,4911:208
26de La Cruz132,3671:240
27Romero128,2621:248
28Gomez126,9261:250
29Condori122,2471:260
30Castro121,7551:261
31Silva120,7141:263
32Cordova116,9161:272
33Martinez115,5301:275
34Rivera112,9941:281
35Reyes111,4401:285
36Salazar111,3581:285
37Medina109,3711:291
38Aguilar107,1641:297
39Paredes105,8981:300
40Leon105,6831:301
41Morales105,1251:302
42Palomino104,9571:303
43Huamani101,2271:314
44Herrera98,4881:323
45Campos98,0851:324
46Rios94,0201:338
47Peña93,7051:339
48Vega89,1831:356
49Cardenas88,8531:358
50Delgado87,6451:363
51Alvarez86,7891:366
52Soto83,6841:380
53Calderon82,1971:387
54Velasquez81,1631:392
55Guevara81,0511:392
56Jimenez80,1121:397
57Muñoz79,9751:397
58Villanueva78,0731:407
59Nuñez76,2691:417
60Alvarado75,6531:420
61Apaza73,3221:433
62Ortiz73,1461:435
63Saavedra70,5111:451
64Meza69,2421:459
65Navarro68,3821:465
66Sandoval68,1491:466
67Guerrero66,4031:479
68Hernandez65,9151:482
69Salas63,8621:498
70Cabrera63,0431:504
71Palacios62,3361:510
72Vilca61,6871:515
73Davila60,0981:529
74Zapata59,3341:536
75Moreno58,7131:541
76Contreras58,3831:544
77Carrasco55,7401:570
78Santos55,0491:577
79Mejia54,5301:583
80Miranda54,1011:587
81Vera53,2041:597
82Aguirre50,4121:630
83Jara49,8681:637
84Suarez49,2101:646
85Alarcon48,9341:650
86Ayala48,8161:651
87Arias48,4511:656
88Guerra48,0831:661
89Vilchez47,8901:664
90Caceres47,6971:666
91Guzman46,8921:678
92Bravo46,4821:684
93Cueva46,2511:687
94Lozano46,0091:691
95Pacheco45,4291:700
96Choque45,3421:701
97Bautista44,9771:707
98Juarez44,9021:708
99Tello44,5741:713
100Quiroz44,4891:714
101Rosales44,3731:716
102Valencia43,7251:727
103Paucar42,0641:756
104Huanca41,1941:772
105Tapia40,8481:778
106Pinedo40,6791:781
107Castañeda40,2091:790
108Carbajal39,8181:798
109Acosta39,7741:799
110Luna39,3911:807
111Ventura39,3521:808
112Trujillo39,1521:812
113Valdivia38,3341:829
114Dominguez38,2461:831
115Ponce37,9731:837
116Bustamante37,8061:841
117Rivas37,6091:845
118Gamarra37,3291:851
119Villegas36,9961:859
120Aquino36,9551:860
121Hurtado36,8261:863
122Saldaña36,5611:869
123Benites36,2471:877
124Zevallos35,6471:892
125Arevalo35,5281:895
126Julca35,4991:895
127Valverde35,1301:905
128Acuña35,1161:905
129Salinas35,0921:906
130Ticona35,0181:908
131Poma34,8781:911
132Peralta34,8321:912
133Inga34,5611:920
134Carranza34,4341:923
135Vela34,1891:930
136Avila33,9961:935
137Solis33,8101:940
138Ochoa33,4941:949
139Figueroa33,3981:952
140Roman33,0871:961
141Escobar33,0251:962
142Hidalgo32,8561:967
143Estrada32,7311:971
144Alva32,3711:982
145Becerra31,9071:996
146Correa31,8831:997
147Rengifo31,8581:998
148Alfaro31,7111:1,002
149Zuñiga30,8641:1,030
150Robles30,5261:1,041
151Farfan30,1151:1,055
152Laura30,0421:1,058
153Puma29,8941:1,063
154Marin29,8191:1,066
155Ortega29,7331:1,069
156Sosa29,7221:1,069
157Llanos29,6151:1,073
158Zegarra29,5921:1,074
159Rosas29,5891:1,074
160Melendez29,5661:1,075
161Roque29,4271:1,080
162Calle28,8831:1,100
163Cornejo28,5651:1,113
164Maldonado28,3441:1,121
165Galvez28,0551:1,133
166Cubas28,0211:1,134
167Taipe27,8061:1,143
168Bazan27,7071:1,147
169Paz27,5341:1,154
170Zavaleta27,3651:1,161
171Loayza27,2591:1,166
172Arroyo27,2191:1,168
173Aliaga27,1751:1,170
174Montes27,1341:1,171
175Mendez26,9931:1,177
176Salcedo26,8271:1,185
177Cortez26,8101:1,186
178Yupanqui26,7901:1,186
179Linares26,7471:1,188
180Guillen26,6851:1,191
181Cotrina26,4501:1,202
182Carrillo26,4071:1,204
183Chipana26,1891:1,214
184Manrique25,8031:1,232
185Molina25,7471:1,234
186Osorio25,6401:1,240
187Pariona25,5891:1,242
188Padilla25,4781:1,248
189Altamirano25,4711:1,248
190Solano25,4701:1,248
191Ore25,4681:1,248
192Caballero25,4361:1,250
193Prado25,3521:1,254
194Chambi25,0511:1,269
195Camacho24,9371:1,275
196Panduro24,8461:1,279
197Montoya24,8331:1,280
198Valdez24,6161:1,291
199Araujo24,6151:1,291
200Lazo24,5611:1,294