List of most common surnames in Central America

This is a list of the most common surnames in Central America.

Costa Rica

Most common surnames in Costa Rica.^[1]

#	Surname	Persons	% of pop.
1	Díaz	N/A	N/A
2	Mora	N/A	N/A
3	Rodríguez	N/A	N/A
4	González	N/A	N/A
5	Hernández	N/A	N/A
6	Morales	N/A	N/A
7	Sánchez	N/A	N/A
8	Ramírez	N/A	N/A
9	Pérez	N/A	N/A
10	Calderón	N/A	N/A
11	Gutiérrez	N/A	N/A
12	Rojas	N/A	N/A
13	Salas	N/A	N/A
14	Vargas	N/A	N/A
15	Torres	N/A	N/A
16	Segura	N/A	N/A
17	Valverde	N/A	N/A
18	Villalobos	N/A	N/A
19	Araya	N/A	N/A
20	Herrera	N/A	N/A
21	López	N/A	N/A
22	Madrigal	N/A	N/A
Total pop. (2008)		4,016,173	100.00

Dominican Republic

#	Surname	Adults	% of adults	Origin
1	Rodríguez	225,321	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
2	Pérez	158,059	N/A	Spanish
3	Martínez	141,259	N/A	Spanish
4	García	137,124	N/A	Spanish
5	Reyes	104,892	N/A	Spanish
6	Sánchez	104,392	N/A	Spanish
7	Díaz	95,106	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
8	Peña	94,396	N/A	Spanish
9	Jiménez	92,978	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
10	Ramírez	92,863	N/A	Spanish
11	Hernández	91,080	N/A	Spanish
12	Rosario	89,630	N/A	Spanish
13	González	85,757	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
14	Santana	81,973	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
15	Núñez	79,374	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
16	Castillo	78,338	N/A	Spanish
17	De la Cruz	76,977	N/A	Spanish
18	Cruz	64,613	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
19	Guzmán	63,073	N/A	Spanish
20	Gómez	62,310	N/A	Spanish
21	Santos	60,613	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
22	López	59,566	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
23	Féliz	58,518	N/A	Spanish
24	Vásquez	56,149	N/A	Spanish
25	De los Santos	54,634	N/A	Spanish
26	Mejía	51,605	N/A	Spanish
27	Polanco	49,952	N/A	Spanish
28	Fernández	49,712	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
29	Vargas	49,353}	N/A	Portuguese/Spanish
30	Almonte	48,574	N/A	Spanish
Total pop.

El Salvador (2005)

Most common surnames in El Salvador.^[2]

#	Surname	Number of people	% of population
1	Hernández	N/A	N/A
2	Martínez	N/A	N/A
3	López	N/A	N/A
4	García	N/A	N/A
5	Rodríguez	N/A	N/A
6	Flores	N/A	N/A
7	Pérez	N/A	N/A
8	Ramírez	N/A	N/A
9	González	N/A	N/A
10	Rivera	N/A	N/A
11	Vásquez	N/A	N/A
12	Cruz	N/A	N/A
13	Mejía	N/A	N/A
14	Rivas	N/A	N/A
15	Sánchez	N/A	N/A
16	Reyes	N/A	N/A
17	Díaz	N/A	N/A
18	Ramos	N/A	N/A
19	Gómez	N/A	N/A
20	Portillo	N/A	N/A
21	Escobar	N/A	N/A
22	Orellana	N/A	N/A
23	Romero	N/A	N/A
24	Aguilar	N/A	N/A
25	Alvarado	N/A	N/A
Total population (2007)		5,744,113	100.00

Guatemala

Most common surnames in Guatemala.^[3]

#	Surname	Persons	% of pop.
1	López	371,525	2.5%
2	García	285,670	1.9%
3	Morales	228,167	1.5%
4	Hernández	222,755	1.5%
5	Pérez	209,963	1.4%
6	González	208,795	1.4%
7	Rodríguez	135,978	0.9%
8	De León	134,010	0.9%
9	Ramírez	131,796	0.9%
10	Martínez	123,186	0.8%
11	Castillo	116,298	0.8%
12	Estrada	115,252	0.8%
13	Marroquín	113,961	0.8%
14	Gómez	110,824	0.7%
15	Vásquez	102,153	0.7%
16	Méndez	98,462	0.7%
17	Reyes	95,449	0.6%
18	Díaz	94,403	0.6%
19	Aguilar	94,096	0.6%
20	Velásquez	89,975	0.6%
First 20		3,082,718	20.7%
Total population (2015)		14,918,999	100%

See also

• Lists of most common surnames, for other continents

References

1. Source: "Conozca los nombres más curiosos del país," Periódico Al Día (Al Día newspaper).
2. Source: " ¿Quiénes somos?," El Diario de Hoy (El Diario de Hoy newspaper).
3. Source: "¿Piensas que tu apellido es común? Mira los 50 que más se repiten en Guatemala," Publinews (Publinews newspaper).