Most common surnames in Chile

The top 100 family names, ranked by how many people carry them.

Most common surnames in Chile
Rank	Surname	Origin & meaning	People
1	González	Spanish · “son of Gonzalo”	741,388
2	Muñoz	—	578,673
3	Rojas	—	413,897
4	Díaz	Spanish · “son of Diego”	410,802
5	Pérez	Spanish · “son of Pedro”	326,867
6	Soto	—	298,062
7	Contreras	—	276,887
8	Silva	Portuguese · “woods, forest”	259,950
9	Martínez	Spanish · “son of Martín”	252,966
10	Sepúlveda	—	251,078
11	Morales	Spanish · “mulberry trees”	248,448
12	Rodríguez	Spanish · “son of Rodrigo”	243,695
13	López	Spanish · “son of Lope”	240,181
14	Fuentes	—	228,609
15	Hernández	Spanish · “son of Hernando”	226,848
16	Torres	Spanish · “towers”	226,480
17	Araya	—	224,232
18	Flores	Spanish · “flowers”	221,231
19	Espinoza	—	219,375
20	Valenzuela	—	215,025
21	Castillo	Spanish · “castle”	213,321
22	Ramírez	Spanish · “son of Ramiro”	211,191
23	Reyes	Spanish · “kings”	208,752
24	Gutiérrez	Spanish · “son of Gutierre”	201,734
25	Castro	—	199,508
26	Vargas	—	198,471
27	Álvarez	Spanish · “son of Álvaro”	193,002
28	Vásquez	—	189,946
29	Tapia	—	179,905
30	Fernández	Spanish · “son of Fernando”	179,246
31	Sánchez	Spanish · “son of Sancho”	178,615
32	Carrasco	—	172,877
33	Gómez	Spanish · “son of Gome”	172,758
34	Cortés	—	171,370
35	Herrera	—	170,309
36	Núñez	—	165,806
37	Jara	—	161,085
38	Vergara	—	155,118
39	Rivera	Spanish · “riverbank”	147,835
40	Figueroa	—	145,460
41	Riquelme	—	143,590
42	García	Spanish	142,002
43	Miranda	—	138,939
44	Bravo	—	138,392
45	Vera	—	137,646
46	Molina	—	131,094
47	Vega	—	128,132
48	Campos	—	126,260
49	Sandoval	—	125,640
50	Orellana	—	123,619
51	Zúñiga	—	120,757
52	Olivares	—	120,074
53	Alarcón	—	118,019
54	Gallardo	—	117,752
55	Ortiz	Spanish	117,228
56	Garrido	—	115,109
57	Salazar	—	113,881
58	Guzmán	—	109,922
59	Henríquez	—	109,364
60	Saavedra	—	108,702
61	Navarro	—	107,897
62	Aguilera	—	107,864
63	Parra	—	106,100
64	Romero	—	105,597
65	Aravena	—	105,441
66	Pizarro	—	105,352
67	Godoy	—	103,887
68	Peña	—	103,377
69	Cáceres	—	102,830
70	Leiva	—	99,890
71	Escobar	—	97,979
72	Yáñez	—	96,589
73	Valdés	—	96,528
74	Vidal	—	96,037
75	Salinas	—	94,110
76	Cárdenas	—	93,925
77	Jiménez	Spanish · “son of Jimeno”	92,032
78	Ruiz	Spanish · “son of Ruy”	91,539
79	Lagos	—	91,024
80	Maldonado	—	89,091
81	Bustos	—	88,445
82	Medina	—	87,578
83	Pino	—	86,295
84	Palma	—	82,735
85	Moreno	—	82,548
86	Sanhueza	—	82,383
87	Carvajal	—	81,785
88	Navarrete	—	81,729
89	Sáez	—	80,938
90	Alvarado	—	79,985
91	Donoso	—	79,855
92	Poblete	—	79,248
93	Bustamante	—	78,732
94	Toro	—	78,659
95	Ortega	—	78,086
96	Venegas	—	76,900
97	Guerrero	—	76,823
98	Paredes	—	75,825
99	Farías	—	75,242
100	San Martín	—	74,575

Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (SRCeI). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

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