Peru Genealogical Records
Peru Birth & Baptism Records
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.
An index to over 4.1 million Catholic baptism records, listing parents' names.
A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.
Peru Marriage & Divorce Records
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.
An index to over 450,000 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.
Peru Death & Burial Records
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.
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
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
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
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 and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Peru 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.
Peru Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Peru 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.
Peru Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Peru
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.
Peru 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.
Peru Church Records
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
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.
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.
Most Common Surnames in Peru
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispe | 573,782 | 1:55 | |
| 2 | Flores | 356,276 | 1:89 | |
| 3 | Sanchez | 315,853 | 1:101 | |
| 4 | Garcia | 304,143 | 1:105 | |
| 5 | Rodriguez | 294,917 | 1:108 | |
| 6 | Rojas | 285,445 | 1:111 | |
| 7 | Huaman | 277,204 | 1:115 | |
| 8 | Mamani | 269,846 | 1:118 | |
| 9 | Vasquez | 250,852 | 1:127 | |
| 10 | Ramos | 246,342 | 1:129 | |
| 11 | Lopez | 241,743 | 1:131 | |
| 12 | Torres | 235,991 | 1:135 | |
| 13 | Perez | 232,388 | 1:137 | |
| 14 | Diaz | 224,320 | 1:142 | |
| 15 | Gonzales | 215,587 | 1:147 | |
| 16 | Ramirez | 213,931 | 1:149 | |
| 17 | Mendoza | 206,422 | 1:154 | |
| 18 | Chavez | 201,980 | 1:157 | |
| 19 | Espinoza | 186,983 | 1:170 | |
| 20 | Castillo | 173,195 | 1:184 | |
| 21 | Fernandez | 171,066 | 1:186 | |
| 22 | Gutierrez | 162,700 | 1:195 | |
| 23 | Vargas | 162,032 | 1:196 | |
| 24 | Cruz | 153,737 | 1:207 | |
| 25 | Ruiz | 152,491 | 1:208 | |
| 26 | de La Cruz | 132,367 | 1:240 | |
| 27 | Romero | 128,262 | 1:248 | |
| 28 | Gomez | 126,926 | 1:250 | |
| 29 | Condori | 122,247 | 1:260 | |
| 30 | Castro | 121,755 | 1:261 | |
| 31 | Silva | 120,714 | 1:263 | |
| 32 | Cordova | 116,916 | 1:272 | |
| 33 | Martinez | 115,530 | 1:275 | |
| 34 | Rivera | 112,994 | 1:281 | |
| 35 | Reyes | 111,440 | 1:285 | |
| 36 | Salazar | 111,358 | 1:285 | |
| 37 | Medina | 109,371 | 1:291 | |
| 38 | Aguilar | 107,164 | 1:297 | |
| 39 | Paredes | 105,898 | 1:300 | |
| 40 | Leon | 105,683 | 1:301 | |
| 41 | Morales | 105,125 | 1:302 | |
| 42 | Palomino | 104,957 | 1:303 | |
| 43 | Huamani | 101,227 | 1:314 | |
| 44 | Herrera | 98,488 | 1:323 | |
| 45 | Campos | 98,085 | 1:324 | |
| 46 | Rios | 94,020 | 1:338 | |
| 47 | Peña | 93,705 | 1:339 | |
| 48 | Vega | 89,183 | 1:356 | |
| 49 | Cardenas | 88,853 | 1:358 | |
| 50 | Delgado | 87,645 | 1:363 | |
| 51 | Alvarez | 86,789 | 1:366 | |
| 52 | Soto | 83,684 | 1:380 | |
| 53 | Calderon | 82,197 | 1:387 | |
| 54 | Velasquez | 81,163 | 1:392 | |
| 55 | Guevara | 81,051 | 1:392 | |
| 56 | Jimenez | 80,112 | 1:397 | |
| 57 | Muñoz | 79,975 | 1:397 | |
| 58 | Villanueva | 78,073 | 1:407 | |
| 59 | Nuñez | 76,269 | 1:417 | |
| 60 | Alvarado | 75,653 | 1:420 | |
| 61 | Apaza | 73,322 | 1:433 | |
| 62 | Ortiz | 73,146 | 1:435 | |
| 63 | Saavedra | 70,511 | 1:451 | |
| 64 | Meza | 69,242 | 1:459 | |
| 65 | Navarro | 68,382 | 1:465 | |
| 66 | Sandoval | 68,149 | 1:466 | |
| 67 | Guerrero | 66,403 | 1:479 | |
| 68 | Hernandez | 65,915 | 1:482 | |
| 69 | Salas | 63,862 | 1:498 | |
| 70 | Cabrera | 63,043 | 1:504 | |
| 71 | Palacios | 62,336 | 1:510 | |
| 72 | Vilca | 61,687 | 1:515 | |
| 73 | Davila | 60,098 | 1:529 | |
| 74 | Zapata | 59,334 | 1:536 | |
| 75 | Moreno | 58,713 | 1:541 | |
| 76 | Contreras | 58,383 | 1:544 | |
| 77 | Carrasco | 55,740 | 1:570 | |
| 78 | Santos | 55,049 | 1:577 | |
| 79 | Mejia | 54,530 | 1:583 | |
| 80 | Miranda | 54,101 | 1:587 | |
| 81 | Vera | 53,204 | 1:597 | |
| 82 | Aguirre | 50,412 | 1:630 | |
| 83 | Jara | 49,868 | 1:637 | |
| 84 | Suarez | 49,210 | 1:646 | |
| 85 | Alarcon | 48,934 | 1:650 | |
| 86 | Ayala | 48,816 | 1:651 | |
| 87 | Arias | 48,451 | 1:656 | |
| 88 | Guerra | 48,083 | 1:661 | |
| 89 | Vilchez | 47,890 | 1:664 | |
| 90 | Caceres | 47,697 | 1:666 | |
| 91 | Guzman | 46,892 | 1:678 | |
| 92 | Bravo | 46,482 | 1:684 | |
| 93 | Cueva | 46,251 | 1:687 | |
| 94 | Lozano | 46,009 | 1:691 | |
| 95 | Pacheco | 45,429 | 1:700 | |
| 96 | Choque | 45,342 | 1:701 | |
| 97 | Bautista | 44,977 | 1:707 | |
| 98 | Juarez | 44,902 | 1:708 | |
| 99 | Tello | 44,574 | 1:713 | |
| 100 | Quiroz | 44,489 | 1:714 | |
| 101 | Rosales | 44,373 | 1:716 | |
| 102 | Valencia | 43,725 | 1:727 | |
| 103 | Paucar | 42,064 | 1:756 | |
| 104 | Huanca | 41,194 | 1:772 | |
| 105 | Tapia | 40,848 | 1:778 | |
| 106 | Pinedo | 40,679 | 1:781 | |
| 107 | Castañeda | 40,209 | 1:790 | |
| 108 | Carbajal | 39,818 | 1:798 | |
| 109 | Acosta | 39,774 | 1:799 | |
| 110 | Luna | 39,391 | 1:807 | |
| 111 | Ventura | 39,352 | 1:808 | |
| 112 | Trujillo | 39,152 | 1:812 | |
| 113 | Valdivia | 38,334 | 1:829 | |
| 114 | Dominguez | 38,246 | 1:831 | |
| 115 | Ponce | 37,973 | 1:837 | |
| 116 | Bustamante | 37,806 | 1:841 | |
| 117 | Rivas | 37,609 | 1:845 | |
| 118 | Gamarra | 37,329 | 1:851 | |
| 119 | Villegas | 36,996 | 1:859 | |
| 120 | Aquino | 36,955 | 1:860 | |
| 121 | Hurtado | 36,826 | 1:863 | |
| 122 | Saldaña | 36,561 | 1:869 | |
| 123 | Benites | 36,247 | 1:877 | |
| 124 | Zevallos | 35,647 | 1:892 | |
| 125 | Arevalo | 35,528 | 1:895 | |
| 126 | Julca | 35,499 | 1:895 | |
| 127 | Valverde | 35,130 | 1:905 | |
| 128 | Acuña | 35,116 | 1:905 | |
| 129 | Salinas | 35,092 | 1:906 | |
| 130 | Ticona | 35,018 | 1:908 | |
| 131 | Poma | 34,878 | 1:911 | |
| 132 | Peralta | 34,832 | 1:912 | |
| 133 | Inga | 34,561 | 1:920 | |
| 134 | Carranza | 34,434 | 1:923 | |
| 135 | Vela | 34,189 | 1:930 | |
| 136 | Avila | 33,996 | 1:935 | |
| 137 | Solis | 33,810 | 1:940 | |
| 138 | Ochoa | 33,494 | 1:949 | |
| 139 | Figueroa | 33,398 | 1:952 | |
| 140 | Roman | 33,087 | 1:961 | |
| 141 | Escobar | 33,025 | 1:962 | |
| 142 | Hidalgo | 32,856 | 1:967 | |
| 143 | Estrada | 32,731 | 1:971 | |
| 144 | Alva | 32,371 | 1:982 | |
| 145 | Becerra | 31,907 | 1:996 | |
| 146 | Correa | 31,883 | 1:997 | |
| 147 | Rengifo | 31,858 | 1:998 | |
| 148 | Alfaro | 31,711 | 1:1,002 | |
| 149 | Zuñiga | 30,864 | 1:1,030 | |
| 150 | Robles | 30,526 | 1:1,041 | |
| 151 | Farfan | 30,115 | 1:1,055 | |
| 152 | Laura | 30,042 | 1:1,058 | |
| 153 | Puma | 29,894 | 1:1,063 | |
| 154 | Marin | 29,819 | 1:1,066 | |
| 155 | Ortega | 29,733 | 1:1,069 | |
| 156 | Sosa | 29,722 | 1:1,069 | |
| 157 | Llanos | 29,615 | 1:1,073 | |
| 158 | Zegarra | 29,592 | 1:1,074 | |
| 159 | Rosas | 29,589 | 1:1,074 | |
| 160 | Melendez | 29,566 | 1:1,075 | |
| 161 | Roque | 29,427 | 1:1,080 | |
| 162 | Calle | 28,883 | 1:1,100 | |
| 163 | Cornejo | 28,565 | 1:1,113 | |
| 164 | Maldonado | 28,344 | 1:1,121 | |
| 165 | Galvez | 28,055 | 1:1,133 | |
| 166 | Cubas | 28,021 | 1:1,134 | |
| 167 | Taipe | 27,806 | 1:1,143 | |
| 168 | Bazan | 27,707 | 1:1,147 | |
| 169 | Paz | 27,534 | 1:1,154 | |
| 170 | Zavaleta | 27,365 | 1:1,161 | |
| 171 | Loayza | 27,259 | 1:1,166 | |
| 172 | Arroyo | 27,219 | 1:1,168 | |
| 173 | Aliaga | 27,175 | 1:1,170 | |
| 174 | Montes | 27,134 | 1:1,171 | |
| 175 | Mendez | 26,993 | 1:1,177 | |
| 176 | Salcedo | 26,827 | 1:1,185 | |
| 177 | Cortez | 26,810 | 1:1,186 | |
| 178 | Yupanqui | 26,790 | 1:1,186 | |
| 179 | Linares | 26,747 | 1:1,188 | |
| 180 | Guillen | 26,685 | 1:1,191 | |
| 181 | Cotrina | 26,450 | 1:1,202 | |
| 182 | Carrillo | 26,407 | 1:1,204 | |
| 183 | Chipana | 26,189 | 1:1,214 | |
| 184 | Manrique | 25,803 | 1:1,232 | |
| 185 | Molina | 25,747 | 1:1,234 | |
| 186 | Osorio | 25,640 | 1:1,240 | |
| 187 | Pariona | 25,589 | 1:1,242 | |
| 188 | Padilla | 25,478 | 1:1,248 | |
| 189 | Altamirano | 25,471 | 1:1,248 | |
| 190 | Solano | 25,470 | 1:1,248 | |
| 191 | Ore | 25,468 | 1:1,248 | |
| 192 | Caballero | 25,436 | 1:1,250 | |
| 193 | Prado | 25,352 | 1:1,254 | |
| 194 | Chambi | 25,051 | 1:1,269 | |
| 195 | Camacho | 24,937 | 1:1,275 | |
| 196 | Panduro | 24,846 | 1:1,279 | |
| 197 | Montoya | 24,833 | 1:1,280 | |
| 198 | Valdez | 24,616 | 1:1,291 | |
| 199 | Araujo | 24,615 | 1:1,291 | |
| 200 | Lazo | 24,561 | 1:1,294 | |