Most common surnames in Mexico

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

Most common surnames in Mexico
Rank	Surname	Origin & meaning	People
1	Hernández	Spanish · “son of Hernando”	4,874,914
2	García	Spanish	3,575,796
3	Martínez	Spanish · “son of Martín”	3,385,762
4	López	Spanish · “son of Lope”	3,129,595
5	González	Spanish · “son of Gonzalo”	2,791,325
6	Pérez	Spanish · “son of Pedro”	2,450,817
7	Rodríguez	Spanish · “son of Rodrigo”	2,384,519
8	Sánchez	Spanish · “son of Sancho”	2,259,680
9	Ramírez	Spanish · “son of Ramiro”	1,989,311
10	Cruz	Spanish · “cross”	1,478,043
11	Flores	Spanish · “flowers”	1,416,256
12	Gómez	Spanish · “son of Gome”	1,305,852
13	Morales	Spanish · “mulberry trees”	1,128,242
14	Vázquez	Spanish · “son of Vasco”	1,115,433
15	Reyes	Spanish · “kings”	1,068,208
16	Jiménez	Spanish · “son of Jimeno”	1,057,450
17	Torres	Spanish · “towers”	1,029,371
18	Díaz	Spanish · “son of Diego”	937,713
19	Gutiérrez	Spanish · “son of Gutierre”	913,159
20	Ruiz	Spanish · “son of Ruy”	804,638
21	Mendoza	Spanish (Basque) · “cold mountain”	801,516
22	Aguilar	—	758,462
23	Ortiz	Spanish	669,096
24	Moreno	—	652,549
25	Castillo	Spanish · “castle”	649,908
26	Romero	—	637,307
27	Álvarez	Spanish · “son of Álvaro”	631,206
28	Méndez	—	603,687
29	Chávez	Spanish/Portuguese	603,492
30	Rivera	Spanish · “riverbank”	601,524
31	Juárez	—	598,000
32	Ramos	Spanish/Portuguese · “branches”	585,166
33	Domínguez	Spanish · “son of Domingo”	513,411
34	Herrera	—	501,279
35	Medina	—	492,156
36	Castro	—	487,806
37	Vargas	—	478,077
38	Guzmán	—	476,243
39	Velázquez	—	471,452
40	Muñoz	—	444,544
41	Rojas	—	430,656
42	De la Cruz	—	423,787
43	Contreras	—	423,222
44	Salazar	—	418,582
45	Luna	—	407,543
46	Ortega	—	397,017
47	Santiago	—	395,077
48	Guerrero	—	380,361
49	Estrada	—	367,118
50	Bautista	—	366,433
51	Cortés	—	351,519
52	Soto	—	346,139
53	Alvarado	—	346,116
54	Espinoza	—	333,625
55	Lara	—	321,039
56	Ávila	—	311,980
57	Ríos	—	304,998
58	Cervantes	—	304,004
59	Silva	Portuguese · “woods, forest”	297,430
60	Delgado	—	296,583
61	Vega	—	292,198
62	Márquez	—	289,393
63	Sandoval	—	288,089
64	Carrillo	—	286,385
65	Fernández	Spanish · “son of Fernando”	285,116
66	León	—	283,063
67	Mejía	—	276,007
68	Solís	—	274,127
69	Rosas	—	271,006
70	Ibarra	—	266,862
71	Valdez	—	266,545
72	Núñez	—	266,284
73	Campos	—	260,581
74	Santos	Portuguese · “saints”	256,205
75	Camacho	—	254,019
76	Navarro	—	240,021
77	Peña	—	239,427
78	Maldonado	—	239,242
79	Rosales	—	238,828
80	Acosta	—	237,469
81	Miranda	—	235,523
82	Cabrera	—	226,645
83	Trejo	—	226,005
84	Valencia	—	222,297
85	Nava	—	220,864
86	Pacheco	—	218,934
87	Robles	—	217,046
88	Castañeda	—	214,285
89	Molina	—	212,977
90	Fuentes	—	210,340
91	Rangel	—	210,319
92	Huerta	—	209,230
93	Meza	—	207,661
94	Padilla	—	203,436
95	Espinosa	—	203,124
96	Aguirre	—	202,425
97	Salas	—	201,912
98	Cárdenas	—	200,665
99	Orozco	—	199,292
100	Valenzuela	—	198,633

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

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