Puerto Rico Genealogical Records
Puerto Rico Birth & Baptism Records
Digital images of 5.35 million birth, marriage and death records, searchable by a name index. They contain a variety of details, including occupation, race and parents' names.
An index to over 6.35 million birth, marriage and death records.
Puerto Rico Marriage & Divorce Records
Digital images of 5.35 million birth, marriage and death records, searchable by a name index. They contain a variety of details, including occupation, race and parents' names.
An index to over 6.35 million birth, marriage and death records.
Puerto Rico Death & Burial Records
Digital images of 5.35 million birth, marriage and death records, searchable by a name index. They contain a variety of details, including occupation, race and parents' names.
An index to over 6.35 million birth, marriage and death records.
Puerto Rico Census & Population Lists
A name index and digital images of registers recording almost 135 million people living in the United States. The registers record age, place of birth, relationships, occupations and more.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of over 1.7 million inhabitants of Puerto Rico. Entries include, name, place of residence, relationship to the head of household, gender, colour, age, marital status, nativity, citizenship, occupation and industry.
An index to 125 million people living in the United States, linked to registers recording their age, place of birth, family relationships and more.
A name index and digital images of registers recording over 107 million people living in the United States. The registers record age, place of birth, relationships, occupations and more.
An index to over 93 million people living in the United States, linked to registers recording their age, place of birth, family relationships and more.
Newspapers Covering Puerto Rico
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.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
Puerto Rico Immigration & Travel Records
Digital images of foreign passenger lists and crew manifests for Puerto Rico, including name, nationality, gender, age and date of arrival, occupation, marital status, place of last residence, place of birth and more.
An index to and images of requests for residence permits by foreigners in Puerto Rico, correspondence, lists of foreigners, and naturalization papers. Records may include name, names of family members, town and country of origin, proof of good moral character, proof of holding the Catholic faith, amount of capital, occupation and intended place of settlement.
Puerto Rico Military Records
Contains the names of over 300,000 Army and Air Force personnel who were reported dead or missing during WWII. Includes name, serial number, grade, and type of casualty.
Puerto Rico Court & Legal Records
An index to and images of registers of enslaved people on Puerto Rico. Records may contain name, age, gender, country of origin, residence, parents' names, marital status, race, physical description and master's name.
Puerto Rico 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.
Puerto Rico Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Puerto Rico 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.
Puerto Rico Occupation & Business Records
These schedules recorded statistics on farms, plantations, and market gardens, listing the names of owners, agents, and managers. The type of statistics recorded included the total acreage of land, the value of the farm, machinery and livestock, amount of staples produced and the value of animals slaughtered, etc.
Digital images of crew lists for ships arriving in Maine, Washington, Massachusetts, Georgia, South Carolina, Illinois, Texas, South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Wisconsin, Alaska, Louisiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, California, Georgia and Puerto Rico.
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on more than 35,000 slave voyages that forcibly embarked over 12 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Puerto Rico
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 collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Puerto Rico 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.
Puerto Rico Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Most Common Surnames in Puerto Rico
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanchez | 128,384 | 1:28 | |
| 2 | Rivera | 114,777 | 1:31 | |
| 3 | Diaz | 107,639 | 1:33 | |
| 4 | Rodriguez | 102,137 | 1:35 | |
| 5 | Narvaez | 70,764 | 1:50 | |
| 6 | Burgos | 68,522 | 1:52 | |
| 7 | Colon | 64,691 | 1:55 | |
| 8 | Vazquez | 62,658 | 1:57 | |
| 9 | Ramos | 60,232 | 1:59 | |
| 10 | Ortiz | 60,230 | 1:59 | |
| 11 | Morales | 56,574 | 1:63 | |
| 12 | Betancourt | 53,974 | 1:66 | |
| 13 | Cruz | 52,117 | 1:68 | |
| 14 | Santiago | 51,371 | 1:69 | |
| 15 | Reyes | 48,780 | 1:73 | |
| 16 | Perez | 48,461 | 1:73 | |
| 17 | Agosto | 47,860 | 1:74 | |
| 18 | Carrasquillo | 47,847 | 1:74 | |
| 19 | Garcia | 45,599 | 1:78 | |
| 20 | Ortega | 45,420 | 1:78 | |
| 21 | Torres | 44,349 | 1:80 | |
| 22 | Canales | 44,253 | 1:80 | |
| 23 | Vega | 44,144 | 1:80 | |
| 24 | Ayala | 41,165 | 1:86 | |
| 25 | Gonzalez | 40,474 | 1:88 | |
| 26 | Menendez | 37,881 | 1:94 | |
| 27 | Martinez | 35,396 | 1:100 | |
| 28 | Lopez | 34,209 | 1:104 | |
| 29 | Hernandez | 34,156 | 1:104 | |
| 30 | Rosa | 34,061 | 1:104 | |
| 31 | Merced | 33,855 | 1:105 | |
| 32 | Pagan | 33,598 | 1:106 | |
| 33 | Valentin | 32,870 | 1:108 | |
| 34 | Delgado | 32,783 | 1:108 | |
| 35 | Velez | 32,249 | 1:110 | |
| 36 | Quiñones | 29,387 | 1:121 | |
| 37 | Malave | 27,512 | 1:129 | |
| 38 | Rosado | 26,452 | 1:134 | |
| 39 | Ogando | 24,658 | 1:144 | |
| 40 | Pastrana | 23,911 | 1:148 | |
| 41 | Sierra | 23,623 | 1:150 | |
| 42 | Acevedo | 23,386 | 1:152 | |
| 43 | Sanabria | 22,693 | 1:156 | |
| 44 | Soler | 21,291 | 1:167 | |
| 45 | Velazquez | 20,997 | 1:169 | |
| 46 | Caballero | 20,418 | 1:174 | |
| 47 | Panet | 20,264 | 1:175 | |
| 48 | Ruiz | 19,523 | 1:182 | |
| 49 | Marrero | 19,216 | 1:185 | |
| 50 | Bordelies | 19,097 | 1:186 | |
| 51 | Potter | 19,068 | 1:186 | |
| 52 | Nieves | 18,809 | 1:189 | |
| 53 | Soto | 18,047 | 1:197 | |
| 54 | Miranda | 16,212 | 1:219 | |
| 55 | Arroyo | 15,352 | 1:231 | |
| 56 | Roman | 14,472 | 1:245 | |
| 57 | Ramirez | 14,410 | 1:246 | |
| 58 | Melendez | 14,099 | 1:252 | |
| 59 | Cintron | 13,864 | 1:256 | |
| 60 | Lugo | 13,762 | 1:258 | |
| 61 | Robles | 13,255 | 1:268 | |
| 62 | Mojica | 13,115 | 1:271 | |
| 63 | Santos | 13,039 | 1:272 | |
| 64 | Avila | 12,984 | 1:273 | |
| 65 | Jimenez | 12,666 | 1:280 | |
| 66 | Figueroa | 12,635 | 1:281 | |
| 67 | Solis | 12,499 | 1:284 | |
| 68 | Berrios | 12,193 | 1:291 | |
| 69 | Negron | 12,146 | 1:292 | |
| 70 | Aponte | 12,073 | 1:294 | |
| 71 | Vargas | 11,815 | 1:300 | |
| 72 | Serrano | 10,878 | 1:326 | |
| 73 | Bruno | 10,407 | 1:341 | |
| 74 | Medina | 10,352 | 1:343 | |
| 75 | Guzman | 10,332 | 1:344 | |
| 76 | Ferrer | 10,209 | 1:348 | |
| 77 | Muñiz | 10,202 | 1:348 | |
| 78 | Abreu | 9,992 | 1:355 | |
| 79 | Montes | 9,793 | 1:363 | |
| 80 | Castillo | 9,592 | 1:370 | |
| 81 | Mercado | 9,332 | 1:380 | |
| 82 | Maldonado | 9,111 | 1:390 | |
| 83 | de Jesus | 9,008 | 1:394 | |
| 84 | Espinosa | 8,787 | 1:404 | |
| 85 | Montañez | 8,560 | 1:415 | |
| 86 | Bibiloni | 8,491 | 1:418 | |
| 87 | Lebron | 7,839 | 1:453 | |
| 88 | Matos | 7,785 | 1:456 | |
| 89 | Echevarria | 7,767 | 1:457 | |
| 90 | del Valle | 7,658 | 1:464 | |
| 91 | Mendez | 7,323 | 1:485 | |
| 92 | Baez | 7,317 | 1:485 | |
| 93 | Quinones | 7,274 | 1:488 | |
| 94 | Gutierrez | 6,782 | 1:523 | |
| 95 | Mendin | 6,769 | 1:524 | |
| 96 | Ocasio | 6,728 | 1:528 | |
| 97 | Alicea | 6,633 | 1:535 | |
| 98 | Collazo | 6,342 | 1:560 | |
| 99 | Bobe | 6,318 | 1:562 | |
| 100 | Fontanez | 6,221 | 1:571 | |
| 101 | Irizarry | 6,167 | 1:576 | |
| 102 | Aviles | 6,114 | 1:581 | |
| 103 | Fernandez | 6,101 | 1:582 | |
| 104 | Rojas | 6,091 | 1:583 | |
| 105 | Carrillo | 6,072 | 1:585 | |
| 106 | Otero | 5,981 | 1:594 | |
| 107 | Surillo | 5,923 | 1:599 | |
| 108 | Rios | 5,871 | 1:605 | |
| 109 | Quiles | 5,699 | 1:623 | |
| 110 | Toral | 5,637 | 1:630 | |
| 111 | Batista | 5,556 | 1:639 | |
| 112 | Padilla | 5,455 | 1:651 | |
| 113 | Colón | 5,408 | 1:656 | |
| 114 | Brown | 5,357 | 1:663 | |
| 115 | de La Torre | 5,127 | 1:692 | |
| 116 | Trujillo | 5,095 | 1:697 | |
| 117 | Alvarez | 5,058 | 1:702 | |
| 118 | Flores | 4,869 | 1:729 | |
| 119 | Davila | 4,608 | 1:770 | |
| 120 | Barreto | 4,570 | 1:777 | |
| 121 | Crespo | 4,549 | 1:780 | |
| 122 | Nater | 4,535 | 1:783 | |
| 123 | Gomez | 4,532 | 1:783 | |
| 124 | Cortes | 4,466 | 1:795 | |
| 125 | Benitez | 4,152 | 1:855 | |
| 126 | Huertas | 4,103 | 1:865 | |
| 127 | Quintana | 3,997 | 1:888 | |
| 128 | Biaggi | 3,936 | 1:902 | |
| 129 | Cordero | 3,894 | 1:912 | |
| 130 | Cuevas | 3,873 | 1:917 | |
| 131 | Castro | 3,831 | 1:927 | |
| 132 | Braña | 3,813 | 1:931 | |
| 133 | Nieto | 3,793 | 1:936 | |
| 134 | Leon | 3,729 | 1:952 | |
| 135 | Cardona | 3,720 | 1:954 | |
| 136 | Santini | 3,704 | 1:958 | |
| 137 | Alvarado | 3,694 | 1:961 | |
| 138 | Díaz | 3,586 | 1:990 | |
| 139 | Toro | 3,582 | 1:991 | |
| 140 | Segarra | 3,455 | 1:1,028 | |
| 141 | Camacho | 3,443 | 1:1,031 | |
| 142 | Alamo | 3,431 | 1:1,035 | |
| 143 | Barada | 3,393 | 1:1,046 | |
| 144 | Santana | 3,313 | 1:1,072 | |
| 145 | Laboy | 3,282 | 1:1,082 | |
| 146 | Cosme | 3,276 | 1:1,084 | |
| 147 | Arce | 3,121 | 1:1,138 | |
| 148 | Pacheco | 3,085 | 1:1,151 | |
| 149 | Navarro | 3,060 | 1:1,160 | |
| 150 | Bermudez | 2,981 | 1:1,191 | |
| 151 | Rodríguez | 2,932 | 1:1,211 | |
| 152 | Acosta | 2,918 | 1:1,217 | |
| 153 | Vera | 2,884 | 1:1,231 | |
| 154 | Seda | 2,834 | 1:1,253 | |
| 155 | Narváez | 2,824 | 1:1,257 | |
| 156 | Zayas | 2,823 | 1:1,258 | |
| 157 | Morales Rosa | 2,815 | 1:1,261 | |
| 158 | Cabrera | 2,814 | 1:1,262 | |
| 159 | Feliciano | 2,804 | 1:1,266 | |
| 160 | Moret | 2,784 | 1:1,275 | |
| 161 | Bauza | 2,775 | 1:1,279 | |
| 162 | Valle | 2,760 | 1:1,286 | |
| 163 | Moyano | 2,715 | 1:1,308 | |
| 164 | Roldan | 2,709 | 1:1,310 | |
| 165 | de Leon | 2,705 | 1:1,312 | |
| 166 | Pérez | 2,663 | 1:1,333 | |
| 167 | Fuentes | 2,657 | 1:1,336 | |
| 168 | Rosário | 2,611 | 1:1,360 | |
| 169 | Pabon | 2,602 | 1:1,364 | |
| 170 | Chinea | 2,564 | 1:1,385 | |
| 171 | Caraballo | 2,507 | 1:1,416 | |
| 172 | Franco | 2,502 | 1:1,419 | |
| 173 | Romero | 2,491 | 1:1,425 | |
| 174 | Nuñez | 2,472 | 1:1,436 | |
| 175 | Casanova | 2,456 | 1:1,445 | |
| 176 | Sánchez | 2,447 | 1:1,451 | |
| 177 | Silva | 2,422 | 1:1,466 | |
| 178 | Galarza | 2,339 | 1:1,518 | |
| 179 | San Miguel | 2,314 | 1:1,534 | |
| 180 | Rolon | 2,302 | 1:1,542 | |
| 181 | Vázquez | 2,255 | 1:1,574 | |
| 182 | Rosario | 2,251 | 1:1,577 | |
| 183 | Bonilla | 2,244 | 1:1,582 | |
| 184 | Pizarro | 2,235 | 1:1,588 | |
| 185 | Carrion | 2,215 | 1:1,603 | |
| 186 | Amill | 2,204 | 1:1,611 | |
| 187 | Muñoz | 2,194 | 1:1,618 | |
| 188 | Andujar | 2,175 | 1:1,632 | |
| 189 | Molina | 2,132 | 1:1,665 | |
| 190 | Sola | 2,116 | 1:1,678 | |
| 191 | Mendoza | 2,112 | 1:1,681 | |
| 192 | Anca | 2,071 | 1:1,714 | |
| 193 | Mangual | 2,064 | 1:1,720 | |
| 194 | Montalvo | 2,024 | 1:1,754 | |
| 195 | Cotto | 2,008 | 1:1,768 | |
| 196 | Rosas | 1,997 | 1:1,778 | |
| 197 | Marquez | 1,976 | 1:1,797 | |
| 198 | López | 1,939 | 1:1,831 | |
| 199 | Orozco | 1,927 | 1:1,842 | |
| 200 | Falcon | 1,888 | 1:1,880 | |