Spain Genealogical Records
Spain Birth & Baptism Records
An index to over 8 million Catholic baptism records, listing parents' names.
Spain Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to over 2.1 million Catholic marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Spain Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
An index of around 140,000 death records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.
Newspapers Covering Spain
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.
Spain Military Records
A list of British men who lost their lives fighting in the Spanish Civil War, includes place of enlistment, date and place of death and regiment.
Spain Court & Legal Records
Records relating to British-Spanish relations.
Records relating to British-Spanish relations.
Spain 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.
A directory listing manufactures in Britain, Europe and Australasia.
Spain Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Spain Histories & Books
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
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.
Spain Occupation & Business Records
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 directory listing manufactures in Britain, Europe and Australasia.
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Spain
The lineages of Spanish royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
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.
Spain Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
The lineages of Spanish royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
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 growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Spain Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Spain Reference Works
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
Historical Description
The most Western Countrey of the Continent of Europe, is Spain, environed on all sides with the Sea, except toward France, from which it is separated by the natural strength of the Pyrenean Mountains, and the artificial Fortresses of Pampelune on the North-West, and Perpigna on the South-East.
Situation
The whole circuit of this Country is 1893 English miles. It is situate in the more Southerly part of the Northern temperate Zone, and almost in the midst of the four and six Climates; the longest day being fifteen hours in length.
Natures, and Manners of the People
They are a people much given to Women; impudent braggers; extreme proud, and in their gate very stately and majestical. But otherwise they are people very grave in their carriages, and in offices of piety very devout; to their King very obedient; and of their civil duties to their betters, not unmindfull; of an unmoved patience in suffering adversities, accompanied with a setled resolution to overcome them.
The Women are sober, loving their Husbands or Friends; wonderfull delicate; curious in painting, or perfuming.
Fertility
This Countrey is enriched with Sacks, Sugars, Oyl, Metals, Liquoras, Rice, Silk, Lamb-skins, Wool, Cork, Rosin, Steel, Oranges, Raisons, and fruit of the like nature, which owe most of their being to heat; but in Corn it is very defective, and receiveth from Italy, France, and Sicily.
Diet
The Cattel hereof are neither fair, nor many; so that their fare for the most part is on Sallets, and Fruits of the earth; every Gentleman being limited what flesh he shall buy for himself and his family.
Division
This Kingdome is divided into twelve Provinces, which were anciently Kingdomes, (viz.) 1. Leon, and Oniedo. 2. Navarr. 3. Corduba. 4. Gallicia 5. Biscay. 6. Tolledo. 7. Murcia. 8. Castile. 9. Portugal. 10. Valentia. 11. Catelogue; and 12. Aragon.
The kingdom of Spain is composed of 49 provinces, which, including the Canary and Balearic Islands, cover an area of 196,173 square miles. The total population, inclusive of the Canary and Balearic Isles, was 20,356,000 (1914), Madrid, the capital, having 625,796 inhabitants, Barcelona 621,921, Valencia 244,594, Seville 164,244. Spain is generally fertile, and besides the culture of the vine and the olive, fruit growing is one of the staple industries. Cereals of all kinds, hemp and flax, are also largely cultivated. The famous wines of Jeres, Alicante, and Malaga are exported in vast quantities to this country. In minerals Spain is very rich, copper, lead and iron, and quicksilver being the chief products, which, with wine and fruits, cork and Esparto grass, and olive oil form the staple exports to England. The Imports from the United Kingdom to Spain amounted in 1920 to £22,674,223. Exports to U.K., £37,296,827. Prior to the war Germany was making great efforts to secure a share of the trade previously enjoyed almost exclusively by France and Great Britain.
Most Common Surnames in Spain
Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Garcia | 1,496,432 | 1:31 | |
2 | Rodriguez | 942,872 | 1:50 | |
3 | Gonzalez | 939,941 | 1:50 | |
4 | Fernandez | 928,518 | 1:50 | |
5 | Lopez | 895,188 | 1:52 | |
6 | Martinez | 855,332 | 1:55 | |
7 | Sanchez | 829,229 | 1:56 | |
8 | Perez | 804,100 | 1:58 | |
9 | Gomez | 503,688 | 1:93 | |
10 | Martin | 495,859 | 1:94 | |
11 | Jimenez | 398,306 | 1:117 | |
12 | Ruiz | 385,398 | 1:121 | |
13 | Hernandez | 371,021 | 1:126 | |
14 | Diaz | 345,576 | 1:135 | |
15 | Moreno | 333,583 | 1:140 | |
16 | Muñoz | 291,735 | 1:160 | |
17 | Alvarez | 288,686 | 1:162 | |
18 | Romero | 229,053 | 1:204 | |
19 | Alonso | 206,797 | 1:226 | |
20 | Gutierrez | 198,069 | 1:236 | |
21 | Navarro | 188,278 | 1:248 | |
22 | Torres | 177,665 | 1:263 | |
23 | Dominguez | 160,861 | 1:291 | |
24 | Ramos | 151,408 | 1:309 | |
25 | Vazquez | 150,831 | 1:310 | |
26 | Gil | 148,563 | 1:315 | |
27 | Ramirez | 139,529 | 1:335 | |
28 | Serrano | 138,220 | 1:338 | |
29 | Blanco | 128,745 | 1:363 | |
30 | Molina | 127,522 | 1:367 | |
31 | Morales | 125,749 | 1:372 | |
32 | Suarez | 123,671 | 1:378 | |
33 | Ortega | 123,228 | 1:379 | |
34 | Delgado | 121,614 | 1:384 | |
35 | Castro | 120,499 | 1:388 | |
36 | Ortiz | 112,138 | 1:417 | |
37 | Rubio | 109,919 | 1:425 | |
38 | Marin | 106,526 | 1:439 | |
39 | Sanz | 98,615 | 1:474 | |
40 | Iglesias | 92,972 | 1:503 | |
41 | Medina | 92,323 | 1:506 | |
42 | Nuñez | 90,990 | 1:514 | |
43 | Garrido | 89,394 | 1:523 | |
44 | Castillo | 88,304 | 1:529 | |
45 | Cortes | 87,123 | 1:537 | |
46 | Lozano | 83,737 | 1:558 | |
47 | Guerrero | 82,441 | 1:567 | |
48 | Santos | 82,152 | 1:569 | |
49 | Cano | 81,035 | 1:577 | |
50 | Prieto | 77,179 | 1:606 | |
51 | Cruz | 74,502 | 1:628 | |
52 | Mendez | 74,051 | 1:631 | |
53 | Calvo | 73,748 | 1:634 | |
54 | Vidal | 73,424 | 1:637 | |
55 | Gallego | 72,766 | 1:642 | |
56 | Herrera | 72,511 | 1:645 | |
57 | Cabrera | 71,658 | 1:652 | |
58 | Flores | 71,375 | 1:655 | |
59 | Peña | 70,608 | 1:662 | |
60 | Leon | 69,827 | 1:670 | |
61 | Marquez | 69,674 | 1:671 | |
62 | Campos | 69,091 | 1:677 | |
63 | Vega | 67,720 | 1:690 | |
64 | Fuentes | 67,360 | 1:694 | |
65 | Carrasco | 65,829 | 1:710 | |
66 | Diez | 65,040 | 1:719 | |
67 | Reyes | 63,836 | 1:732 | |
68 | Caballero | 63,109 | 1:741 | |
69 | Nieto | 62,934 | 1:743 | |
70 | Pascual | 62,500 | 1:748 | |
71 | Aguilar | 62,274 | 1:751 | |
72 | Santana | 61,650 | 1:758 | |
73 | Herrero | 61,314 | 1:763 | |
74 | Ferrer | 59,233 | 1:789 | |
75 | Lorenzo | 59,214 | 1:790 | |
76 | Gimenez | 58,937 | 1:793 | |
77 | Hidalgo | 58,574 | 1:798 | |
78 | Montero | 58,513 | 1:799 | |
79 | Ibañez | 56,627 | 1:826 | |
80 | Santiago | 55,967 | 1:835 | |
81 | Mora | 55,746 | 1:839 | |
82 | Vicente | 55,339 | 1:845 | |
83 | Vargas | 54,849 | 1:852 | |
84 | Arias | 54,778 | 1:853 | |
85 | Duran | 54,674 | 1:855 | |
86 | Benitez | 54,042 | 1:865 | |
87 | Carmona | 53,705 | 1:871 | |
88 | Crespo | 52,207 | 1:896 | |
89 | Pastor | 52,008 | 1:899 | |
90 | Soto | 50,258 | 1:930 | |
91 | Soler | 49,433 | 1:946 | |
92 | Roman | 49,149 | 1:951 | |
93 | Velasco | 49,037 | 1:953 | |
94 | Saez | 48,741 | 1:959 | |
95 | Moya | 48,336 | 1:967 | |
96 | Parra | 47,680 | 1:981 | |
97 | Esteban | 47,376 | 1:987 | |
98 | Bravo | 46,782 | 1:999 | |
99 | Rojas | 46,663 | 1:1,002 | |
100 | Gallardo | 46,635 | 1:1,003 | |
101 | Pardo | 46,062 | 1:1,015 | |
102 | Merino | 44,881 | 1:1,042 | |
103 | Franco | 44,470 | 1:1,051 | |
104 | Lara | 43,963 | 1:1,063 | |
105 | Espinosa | 43,953 | 1:1,064 | |
106 | Rivera | 43,421 | 1:1,077 | |
107 | Rivas | 43,365 | 1:1,078 | |
108 | Izquierdo | 43,256 | 1:1,081 | |
109 | Casado | 42,116 | 1:1,110 | |
110 | Camacho | 41,900 | 1:1,116 | |
111 | Silva | 41,839 | 1:1,117 | |
112 | Arroyo | 41,819 | 1:1,118 | |
113 | Vera | 41,778 | 1:1,119 | |
114 | Redondo | 41,650 | 1:1,122 | |
115 | Segura | 41,227 | 1:1,134 | |
116 | Rey | 41,226 | 1:1,134 | |
117 | Luque | 41,019 | 1:1,140 | |
118 | Sierra | 40,815 | 1:1,145 | |
119 | Montes | 40,812 | 1:1,146 | |
120 | Otero | 40,616 | 1:1,151 | |
121 | Carrillo | 40,214 | 1:1,163 | |
122 | Rios | 40,130 | 1:1,165 | |
123 | Marcos | 39,760 | 1:1,176 | |
124 | Galan | 39,643 | 1:1,179 | |
125 | Mendoza | 39,498 | 1:1,184 | |
126 | Soriano | 39,420 | 1:1,186 | |
127 | Marti | 38,257 | 1:1,222 | |
128 | Valero | 38,225 | 1:1,223 | |
129 | Bernal | 38,179 | 1:1,225 | |
130 | Robles | 38,114 | 1:1,227 | |
131 | Vila | 38,073 | 1:1,228 | |
132 | Palacios | 37,123 | 1:1,259 | |
133 | Heredia | 36,852 | 1:1,269 | |
134 | Guerra | 36,187 | 1:1,292 | |
135 | Varela | 36,181 | 1:1,292 | |
136 | Benito | 35,996 | 1:1,299 | |
137 | Mateo | 35,713 | 1:1,309 | |
138 | Contreras | 35,687 | 1:1,310 | |
139 | Bueno | 35,613 | 1:1,313 | |
140 | Exposito | 35,380 | 1:1,321 | |
141 | Macias | 35,223 | 1:1,327 | |
142 | Andres | 34,777 | 1:1,344 | |
143 | Villar | 34,686 | 1:1,348 | |
144 | Miranda | 34,511 | 1:1,355 | |
145 | Pereira | 34,325 | 1:1,362 | |
146 | Roldan | 34,116 | 1:1,370 | |
147 | Mateos | 33,810 | 1:1,383 | |
148 | Escudero | 33,722 | 1:1,386 | |
149 | Guillen | 33,545 | 1:1,394 | |
150 | Aguilera | 33,328 | 1:1,403 | |
151 | Casas | 33,217 | 1:1,407 | |
152 | Rivero | 32,581 | 1:1,435 | |
153 | Rico | 32,326 | 1:1,446 | |
154 | Padilla | 32,278 | 1:1,448 | |
155 | Beltran | 31,887 | 1:1,466 | |
156 | Gracia | 31,850 | 1:1,468 | |
157 | Abad | 31,578 | 1:1,481 | |
158 | Salas | 31,431 | 1:1,487 | |
159 | Acosta | 31,364 | 1:1,491 | |
160 | Conde | 31,148 | 1:1,501 | |
161 | Quintana | 31,086 | 1:1,504 | |
162 | Menendez | 31,056 | 1:1,505 | |
163 | Galvez | 31,019 | 1:1,507 | |
164 | Estevez | 30,869 | 1:1,515 | |
165 | Jurado | 30,778 | 1:1,519 | |
166 | Roca | 30,747 | 1:1,521 | |
167 | Plaza | 30,735 | 1:1,521 | |
168 | Calderon | 30,637 | 1:1,526 | |
169 | Aranda | 30,626 | 1:1,527 | |
170 | Salazar | 30,431 | 1:1,536 | |
171 | Serra | 30,374 | 1:1,539 | |
172 | Aparicio | 30,323 | 1:1,542 | |
173 | Costa | 30,299 | 1:1,543 | |
174 | Guzman | 29,834 | 1:1,567 | |
175 | Bermudez | 29,736 | 1:1,572 | |
176 | Miguel | 29,453 | 1:1,587 | |
177 | Villanueva | 29,358 | 1:1,592 | |
178 | Santamaria | 29,277 | 1:1,597 | |
179 | Manzano | 29,250 | 1:1,598 | |
180 | Trujillo | 29,182 | 1:1,602 | |
181 | Hurtado | 29,137 | 1:1,605 | |
182 | Cuesta | 29,049 | 1:1,609 | |
183 | Blazquez | 29,029 | 1:1,611 | |
184 | Rueda | 28,981 | 1:1,613 | |
185 | Pons | 28,824 | 1:1,622 | |
186 | de La Fuente | 28,626 | 1:1,633 | |
187 | Tomas | 28,560 | 1:1,637 | |
188 | Pacheco | 28,435 | 1:1,644 | |
189 | Avila | 28,416 | 1:1,645 | |
190 | Sancho | 28,055 | 1:1,666 | |
191 | Mesa | 27,933 | 1:1,674 | |
192 | Escobar | 27,838 | 1:1,679 | |
193 | Blasco | 27,652 | 1:1,691 | |
194 | Simon | 27,236 | 1:1,717 | |
195 | Luna | 27,108 | 1:1,725 | |
196 | Lazaro | 27,089 | 1:1,726 | |
197 | Zamora | 26,994 | 1:1,732 | |
198 | Salvador | 26,886 | 1:1,739 | |
199 | del Rio | 26,867 | 1:1,740 | |
200 | Alarcon | 26,485 | 1:1,765 |