Most common surnames in Peru

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

Most common surnames in Peru
Rank	Surname	Origin & meaning	People
1	Quispe	—	573,782
2	Flores	Spanish · “flowers”	356,276
3	Sánchez	Spanish · “son of Sancho”	315,853
4	García	Spanish	304,143
5	Rodríguez	Spanish · “son of Rodrigo”	294,917
6	Rojas	—	285,445
7	Huamán	—	277,204
8	Mamani	—	269,846
9	Vásquez	—	250,852
10	Ramos	Spanish/Portuguese · “branches”	246,342
11	López	Spanish · “son of Lope”	241,743
12	Torres	Spanish · “towers”	235,991
13	Pérez	Spanish · “son of Pedro”	232,388
14	Díaz	Spanish · “son of Diego”	224,320
15	Gonzales	—	215,587
16	Ramírez	Spanish · “son of Ramiro”	213,931
17	Mendoza	Spanish (Basque) · “cold mountain”	206,422
18	Chávez	Spanish/Portuguese	201,980
19	Espinoza	—	186,983
20	Castillo	Spanish · “castle”	173,195
21	Fernández	Spanish · “son of Fernando”	171,066
22	Gutiérrez	Spanish · “son of Gutierre”	162,700
23	Vargas	—	162,032
24	Cruz	Spanish · “cross”	153,737
25	Ruiz	Spanish · “son of Ruy”	152,491
26	De la Cruz	—	132,367
27	Romero	—	128,262
28	Gómez	Spanish · “son of Gome”	126,926
29	Condori	—	122,247
30	Castro	—	121,755
31	Silva	Portuguese · “woods, forest”	120,714
32	Córdova	—	116,916
33	Martínez	Spanish · “son of Martín”	115,530
34	Rivera	Spanish · “riverbank”	112,994
35	Reyes	Spanish · “kings”	111,440
36	Salazar	—	111,358
37	Medina	—	109,371
38	Aguilar	—	107,164
39	Paredes	—	105,898
40	León	—	105,683
41	Morales	Spanish · “mulberry trees”	105,125
42	Palomino	—	104,957
43	Huamani	—	101,227
44	Herrera	—	98,488
45	Campos	—	98,085
46	Ríos	—	94,020
47	Peña	—	93,705
48	Vega	—	89,183
49	Cárdenas	—	88,853
50	Delgado	—	87,645
51	Álvarez	Spanish · “son of Álvaro”	86,789
52	Soto	—	83,684
53	Calderón	—	82,197
54	Velásquez	—	81,163
55	Guevara	—	81,051
56	Jiménez	Spanish · “son of Jimeno”	80,112
57	Muñoz	—	79,975
58	Villanueva	—	78,073
59	Núñez	—	76,269
60	Alvarado	—	75,653
61	Apaza	—	73,322
62	Ortiz	Spanish	73,146
63	Saavedra	—	70,511
64	Meza	—	69,242
65	Navarro	—	68,382
66	Sandoval	—	68,149
67	Guerrero	—	66,403
68	Hernández	Spanish · “son of Hernando”	65,915
69	Salas	—	63,862
70	Cabrera	—	63,043
71	Palacios	—	62,336
72	Vilca	—	61,687
73	Dávila	—	60,098
74	Zapata	—	59,334
75	Moreno	—	58,713
76	Contreras	—	58,383
77	Carrasco	—	55,740
78	Santos	Portuguese · “saints”	55,049
79	Mejía	—	54,530
80	Miranda	—	54,101
81	Vera	—	53,204
82	Aguirre	—	50,412
83	Jara	—	49,868
84	Suárez	—	49,210
85	Alarcón	—	48,934
86	Ayala	—	48,816
87	Arias	—	48,451
88	Guerra	—	48,083
89	Vílchez	—	47,890
90	Cáceres	—	47,697
91	Guzmán	—	46,892
92	Bravo	—	46,482
93	Cueva	—	46,251
94	Lozano	—	46,009
95	Pacheco	—	45,429
96	Choque	—	45,342
97	Bautista	—	44,977
98	Juárez	—	44,902
99	Tello	—	44,574
100	Quiroz	—	44,489

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

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