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Most frequent surnames of population

Most frequent surnames of population Catalonia. 2023
Firt surname Secon surname
Number Rate per 1,000 inhabitants Number Rate per 1,000 inhabitants
García 168,250 21.29 173,198 21.92
Martínez 118,271 14.97 120,818 15.29
López 113,639 14.38 117,683 14.89
Sánchez 102,401 12.96 106,023 13.42
Rodríguez 102,658 12.99 104,728 13.25
Fernández 95,964 12.14 98,611 12.48
Pérez 92,949 11.76 96,765 12.25
González 92,656 11.73 94,212 11.92
Gómez 57,165 7.23 58,306 7.38
Ruíz 49,393 6.25 51,682 6.54
Jiménez 45,576 5.77 45,269 5.73
Martín 44,964 5.69 44,574 5.64
Moreno 42,872 5.43 43,271 5.48
Hernández 41,172 5.21 42,028 5.32
Muñoz 38,239 4.84 38,936 4.93
Díaz 36,877 4.67 37,125 4.70
Romero 29,585 3.74 29,676 3.76
Navarro 28,058 3.55 27,875 3.53
Torres 27,449 3.47 27,800 3.52
Álvarez 27,173 3.44 27,635 3.50
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population and Housing Census.

Last update: October 14, 2024.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

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 Continuous Register 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).

When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".