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Most frequent surnames of population

Most frequent surnames of population Catalonia. 2020
Firt surname Secon surname
Number Rate per 1,000 inhabitants Number Rate per 1,000 inhabitants
García 169,620 22.05 174,123 22.63
Martínez 119,078 15.48 121,024 15.73
López 114,277 14.85 118,019 15.34
Sánchez 102,957 13.38 106,061 13.78
Rodríguez 102,266 13.29 103,860 13.50
Fernández 96,836 12.59 99,279 12.90
Pérez 93,376 12.14 96,739 12.57
González 92,590 12.03 93,838 12.20
Gómez 57,098 7.42 58,113 7.55
Ruíz 49,854 6.48 51,955 6.75
Martin 45,660 5.93 45,090 5.86
Jiménez 45,591 5.93 45,041 5.85
Moreno 43,010 5.59 43,069 5.60
Hernández 40,460 5.26 40,975 5.33
Muñoz 38,476 5.00 38,864 5.05
Díaz 36,254 4.71 36,261 4.71
Romero 29,486 3.83 29,449 3.83
Navarro 27,949 3.63 28,008 3.64
Torres 27,626 3.59 27,204 3.54
Álvarez 27,097 3.52 27,333 3.55
Source: Idescat. Surnames of the population, based on the Population Register of Catalonia.

Last update: October 30, 2020.

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 "..".