Most common surnames in Dominican Republic

The top 98 family names, ranked by how many people carry them.

Most common surnames in Dominican Republic
Rank	Surname	Origin & meaning	People
1	Rodríguez	Spanish · “son of Rodrigo”	253,233
2	Pérez	Spanish · “son of Pedro”	221,318
3	Martínez	Spanish · “son of Martín”	171,993
4	García	Spanish	164,059
5	Sánchez	Spanish · “son of Sancho”	143,391
6	Ramírez	Spanish · “son of Ramiro”	131,273
7	Díaz	Spanish · “son of Diego”	126,251
8	González	Spanish · “son of Gonzalo”	123,054
9	Reyes	Spanish · “kings”	120,080
10	Hernández	Spanish · “son of Hernando”	112,947
11	Jiménez	Spanish · “son of Jimeno”	111,776
12	Castillo	Spanish · “castle”	106,761
13	Santana	—	100,444
14	De la Cruz	—	90,676
15	Peña	—	89,051
16	Gómez	Spanish · “son of Gome”	83,751
17	Feliz	—	82,811
18	Guzmán	—	78,444
19	Mejía	—	75,794
20	Fernández	Spanish · “son of Fernando”	75,747
21	López	Spanish · “son of Lope”	74,492
22	Cruz	Spanish · “cross”	71,618
23	de los Santos	—	68,907
24	Báez	—	65,525
25	Arias	—	64,870
26	Abreu	—	61,180
27	Núñez	—	60,772
28	Matos	—	58,792
29	Vásquez	—	58,168
30	Méndez	—	58,060
31	Medina	—	57,752
32	Polanco	—	57,521
33	Valdez	—	57,344
33	Vargas	—	57,344
35	Santos	Portuguese · “saints”	52,183
36	Mateo	—	52,006
37	Ortiz	Spanish	50,665
38	de la Rosa	—	50,580
39	Almonte	—	49,510
40	Cabrera	—	49,009
41	Alcántara	—	48,909
42	Marte	—	48,839
43	Montero	—	48,077
44	Batista	—	47,591
45	Guerrero	—	47,237
46	Soto	—	46,236
47	Tejeda	—	43,647
48	Acosta	—	43,062
49	Peralta	—	42,908
50	de León	—	42,723
51	Pimentel	—	41,390
52	Taveras	—	40,050
53	Cuevas	—	39,041
54	Herrera	—	37,562
55	Brito	—	37,177
56	Torres	Spanish · “towers”	36,922
57	Álvarez	Spanish · “son of Álvaro”	36,784
58	Espinal	—	36,714
59	Bautista	—	35,551
60	Castro	—	35,120
61	Tejada	—	33,564
62	Peguero	—	33,294
63	Aquino	—	31,853
64	Rivera	Spanish · “riverbank”	31,491
65	Ruiz	Spanish · “son of Ruy”	31,152
66	Durán	—	30,321
67	Ramos	Spanish/Portuguese · “branches”	29,619
69	Reynoso	—	29,427
70	Pichardo	—	29,211
71	Romero	—	28,888
72	Contreras	—	28,302
73	Sosa	—	27,948
74	Rojas	—	27,609
75	Frías	—	27,493
76	Tavárez	—	27,409
77	Lara	—	27,308
79	Ventura	—	25,845
80	Domínguez	Spanish · “son of Domingo”	25,344
81	Beltre	—	25,128
82	Suero	—	24,404
83	Lora	—	23,249
84	Melo	—	22,247
85	Cordero	—	22,132
86	Moreno	—	21,916
87	Henríquez	—	21,169
88	Morel	French · “dark-skinned”	20,660
88	Santiago	—	20,660
90	Morillo	—	20,221
91	Ureña	—	20,021
92	Paulino	—	20,006
93	Ogando	—	19,975
94	Estévez	—	19,906
95	Morales	Spanish · “mulberry trees”	19,759
96	Rosário	—	19,667
97	Soriano	—	19,597
98	Acevedo	—	19,174
99	Quezada	—	19,043
100	Grullón	—	18,935

Source: Forebears (non-official). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

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