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Most frequent surnames of population

Most frequent surnames of population Catalonia. 2024
Firt surname Secon surname
Number Rate per 1,000 inhabitants Number Rate per 1,000 inhabitants
García 168,273 21.00 173,310 21.63
Martínez 118,394 14.78 121,064 15.11
López 113,935 14.22 117,989 14.73
Rodríguez 103,569 12.93 105,631 13.18
Sánchez 102,692 12.82 106,273 13.26
Fernández 95,921 11.97 98,493 12.29
Pérez 93,084 11.62 97,161 12.13
González 93,018 11.61 94,744 11.82
Gómez 57,498 7.18 58,692 7.33
Ruíz 49,413 6.17 51,686 6.45
Jiménez 45,730 5.71 45,476 5.68
Martín 44,722 5.58 44,328 5.53
Moreno 42,963 5.36 43,431 5.42
Hernández 41,858 5.22 42,666 5.33
Muñoz 38,355 4.79 39,137 4.88
Díaz 37,405 4.67 37,575 4.69
Romero 29,857 3.73 29,968 3.74
Torres 28,433 3.55 28,193 3.52
Álvarez 27,425 3.42 27,910 3.48
Navarro 27,361 3.41 27,736 3.46
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.

Last update: May 28, 2025.

Methodological note

The Statistical Institute of Catalonia (Idescat) offers information in relation to the names and surnames of the whole population resident in Catalonia.

The source is the Population Registry of Catalonia, an administrative registry containing current obligatory data on residents registered in the municipal censuses of inhabitants from the City Councils of Catalonia, which may be referred to by the public administrations when exercising their authority. Data are on January, 1.

From 2021, the data is sourced from the Annual Population Census of the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

It should be explained that the source used to produce the database contains the names in capital letters without accents so that , in some cases it is not possible to differentiate between names in Catalan and Spanish, when the accent is the only differentiating feature. In these cases the two options are presented together (Maria/María, Àlex/Álex).

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.