Flores Surname
Approximately 3,824,179 people bear this surname
Flores Surname Definition:
Dweller near where flowers grew.
From the latin "flos, floris" - flowers. Cities in Guatemala and Uruguay with this name.
Very popular and common with about 50 different spellings in every part of Spain. Most common forms are Flores and Florez; others are Frogla, Fruela, Froyles, and Frolez.
Read More About This SurnameFlores Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1,416,256 | 1:88 | 11 |
| United States | 359,298 | 1:1,009 | 63 |
| Peru | 356,276 | 1:89 | 2 |
| Philippines | 312,187 | 1:324 | 7 |
| Bolivia | 224,761 | 1:47 | 2 |
| Argentina | 165,661 | 1:258 | 17 |
| Venezuela | 160,516 | 1:188 | 27 |
| Honduras | 132,327 | 1:67 | 8 |
| Chile | 108,550 | 1:162 | 19 |
| El Salvador | 106,862 | 1:59 | 6 |
| Brazil | 73,444 | 1:2,915 | 264 |
| Spain | 71,375 | 1:655 | 58 |
| Ecuador | 69,456 | 1:229 | 13 |
| Nicaragua | 67,156 | 1:90 | 11 |
| Guatemala | 63,462 | 1:253 | 39 |
| Panama | 19,829 | 1:197 | 33 |
| Colombia | 18,899 | 1:2,528 | 469 |
| Paraguay | 17,030 | 1:425 | 113 |
| Costa Rica | 16,430 | 1:291 | 82 |
| Dominican Republic | 13,951 | 1:748 | 137 |
| Cuba | 12,956 | 1:889 | 156 |
| Uruguay | 5,063 | 1:678 | 74 |
| Puerto Rico | 4,869 | 1:729 | 118 |
| France | 4,690 | 1:14,163 | 1,468 |
| Canada | 3,552 | 1:10,373 | 1,544 |
| Portugal | 3,435 | 1:3,033 | 384 |
| Belize | 2,141 | 1:166 | 16 |
| Nigeria | 1,457 | 1:121,580 | 8,014 |
| Guam | 1,272 | 1:126 | 5 |
| Italy | 1,142 | 1:53,552 | 9,640 |
| Australia | 901 | 1:29,962 | 4,022 |
| Germany | 806 | 1:99,883 | 12,394 |
| England | 608 | 1:91,642 | 9,853 |
| South Africa | 589 | 1:91,983 | 11,258 |
| French Polynesia | 583 | 1:482 | 17 |
| Taiwan | 569 | 1:41,203 | 481 |
| Thailand | 548 | 1:128,902 | 19,566 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| Indonesia | 395 | 1:334,808 | 29,196 |
| Oman | 289 | 1:12,761 | 1,481 |
| Belgium | 270 | 1:42,580 | 6,966 |
| Netherlands | 252 | 1:67,013 | 11,436 |
| Bahrain | 250 | 1:5,394 | 963 |
| Switzerland | 246 | 1:33,386 | 4,907 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 231 | 1:236 | 48 |
| Sweden | 186 | 1:52,940 | 4,092 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 160 | 1:8,525 | 1,225 |
| Russia | 151 | 1:954,457 | 74,620 |
| Japan | 149 | 1:858,015 | 18,698 |
| New Zealand | 146 | 1:31,016 | 5,386 |
| Malta | 114 | 1:3,774 | 265 |
| United Arab Emirates | 106 | 1:86,437 | 7,875 |
| Ireland | 88 | 1:53,511 | 3,767 |
| Malaysia | 87 | 1:339,014 | 18,165 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Qatar | 62 | 1:38,032 | 3,887 |
| Curaçao | 56 | 1:2,808 | 60 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Norway | 49 | 1:104,945 | 14,093 |
| Greece | 46 | 1:240,865 | 36,930 |
| Scotland | 44 | 1:121,678 | 7,769 |
| Austria | 43 | 1:198,033 | 24,866 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| Guyana | 42 | 1:18,148 | 2,339 |
| Brunei | 41 | 1:10,213 | 1,246 |
| Denmark | 41 | 1:137,676 | 12,271 |
| Hong Kong | 41 | 1:178,914 | 2,965 |
| Andorra | 39 | 1:2,150 | 402 |
| Finland | 37 | 1:148,560 | 13,684 |
| China | 34 | 1:40,215,340 | 2,154 |
| Israel | 34 | 1:251,695 | 22,987 |
| Aruba | 32 | 1:3,234 | 449 |
| Gibraltar | 25 | 1:1,358 | 302 |
| South Korea | 25 | 1:2,049,610 | 459 |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 1:27,645 | 4,917 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 19 | 1:5,809 | 896 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Czechia | 17 | 1:625,498 | 60,070 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:182,031 | 12,022 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Cayman Islands | 16 | 1:3,993 | 538 |
| East Timor | 16 | 1:75,996 | 145 |
| Lebanon | 15 | 1:375,806 | 11,209 |
| Northern Ireland | 14 | 1:131,788 | 7,342 |
| Bulgaria | 14 | 1:498,493 | 22,004 |
| Haiti | 14 | 1:763,136 | 11,139 |
| Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Cape Verde | 11 | 1:48,149 | 1,796 |
| Vietnam | 11 | 1:8,422,369 | 2,636 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Macau | 10 | 1:60,163 | 387 |
| Monaco | 10 | 1:3,707 | 328 |
| Mozambique | 10 | 1:2,726,157 | 2,938 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Bahamas | 6 | 1:65,292 | 848 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Egypt | 5 | 1:18,387,151 | 62,330 |
| Ethiopia | 5 | 1:19,509,252 | 19,154 |
| Anguilla | 4 | 1:3,359 | 324 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Montenegro | 4 | 1:159,891 | 5,521 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Palau | 4 | 1:5,411 | 112 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 1:53,118,924 | 25,950 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Ghana | 3 | 1:9,006,897 | 23,626 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Micronesia | 2 | 1:53,122 | 1,264 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,989 | 1:25,248 | 3,117 |
The alternate forms: Flôres (91), Floreš (58), Florès (21), Flóres (11), Florés (5), Flöres (2) & Florês (1) are calculated separately.
Flores (9,013) may also be a first name.
Flores Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Dweller near where flowers grew.
From the latin "flos, floris" - flowers. Cities in Guatemala and Uruguay with this name.
Very popular and common with about 50 different spellings in every part of Spain. Most common forms are Flores and Florez; others are Frogla, Fruela, Froyles, and Frolez. Seems to have originated in Avilds and is found extensively in Asturias and Leon. Villages named Flores found near Zamora and Avila. Means flower, bloom, flora.
In Aragon, "flores" is applied to camps which are fertile and abundant.
Patronymic from Fruela or Froila and originates with Infante don Aznar Fruela, illegitimate son of don Fruela II, King of Asturias. Name extended throughout Spain during Reconquest.
See Flora.
(Spanish) Dweller near where flowers grew.
User-submitted Reference
Although it is correct to classify this last name as derived from nature, its oldest origin comes from the proper name Froilán, which in Gothic means 'master' or 'lord'. Over time, this name suffered a decline in Froiléz and then a transposition in Flórez. Its oldest origin are somewhat curious because it derives from the proper name of Fruela, which in turn had its antecedent in Floylez or Frolaz. Through time it ended up becoming first Florez and later Flores.
- wiflogThis surname is a variation derived from the Spanish plural for the word, flor, meaning 'flower'. Its creation is rooted in the escribanos costume in the 18th century in the Kingdom of New Granada, who used to write Flores with a z instead of a s.
- jairomeloThis surname derives from the word flores, meaning 'flowers', a reproductive system of a plant.
Das Flores is a variant of the surname Flores. Das means 'from' in Portuguese. So das flores means 'from the flowers', or 'Flores descendant'.
- catfbpDerived from the plural of the Spanish word flor. Floresmeans 'flowers'.
- aquaA Spanish surname from meaning: flowers.
- miapellidoFlores Demographics
Average Flores Salary in
United States
$35,804 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Flores Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Flores Come From? nationality or country of origin
Flores (Arabic: فلورس, Hindi: फ्लोरेस, Marathi: ोरेस, Russian: Флорес) is found most frequently in Mexico. It can appear as a variant: Flôres, Floreš, Florès, Flóres, Florés, Flöres or Florês. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Flores? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 148th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,906 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Flores reside; 44 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Hispano-North America. Flores is also the 65,633rd most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 9,013 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Mexico, where it is carried by 1,416,256 people, or 1 in 88. In Mexico Flores is most frequent in: México, where 16 percent are found, Puebla, where 10 percent are found and Mexico City, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Mexico Flores exists in 174 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Peru, where 9 percent are found.
Flores Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Flores has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Flores surname grew 18,064 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 30,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 4,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Flores Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Latin Catholic (57%) in Lebanon and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Flores last name are 42.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.73% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Flores earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 1.57% less than the national average, earning €29,560 per year; in Norway they earn 13.85% less than the national average, earning 298,143 kr per year; in Peru they earn 13.37% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,794 per year; in South Africa they earn 6.6% less than the national average, earning R 221,964 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.01% more than the national average, earning $23,611,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.02% less than the national average, earning $35,804 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.22% less than the national average, earning $47,090 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Flores Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Flores in the Hindi language | ||
| फ्लोरेस | phloresa | - |
| Flores in the Marathi language | ||
| ोरेस | oresa | - |
| Flores in the Russian language | ||
| Флорес | flores | - |
| Flores in the Arabic language | ||
| فلورس | flwrs | - |
| فلوريس | flwrys | - |
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Flores Reference & Research
Flores DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Flores FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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