de López Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
El Salvador
Highest density in:
El Salvador

de López Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de López Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
El Salvador131:487,9912,918
Guatemala101:1,608,2675,853
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Panama51:782,45211,059
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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The alternate forms: de Lopez (661) & de Lòpez (4) are calculated separately.

de López Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de López Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de López is held by more people in El Salvador than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: de Lopez or de Lòpez. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de López? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,580,327th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name de López is mostly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of de López live; 52 percent live in Central America and 52 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

The last name is most commonly held in El Salvador, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 487,991. Aside from El Salvador it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Guatemala, where 18 percent reside and Mexico, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Lopez96661/
de Lòpez964/
de Lopezz821/
des Lopez821/
de Lope80407/
de Lape804/
de Lopes75233/
de Lappe7519/
da Lopez7515/
de Lopiz753/
De-Lopez752/
de Lapea752/
de Lupes751/
di Lopez751/
de Laper751/
de Leupe751/
de Looper71119/
de Hlophe711/
de Laspee711/
de Lapa6747/
de Lapisse6712/
de Lapi675/
de Lápa671/
da Lopes6323/
de Lapis636/
Da-Lopez635/
di Lopes634/
de Lupis634/
de Loupy631/
de Lappa630/
de Llopis591/
da Lapa532,005/
di Lapi53165/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de López
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