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Most frequent surnames of population

Most frequent surnames of population Catalonia. 2021
Firt surname Secon surname
Number Rate per 1,000 inhabitants Number Rate per 1,000 inhabitants
García 168,733 21.73 173,500 22.35
Martínez 118,464 15.26 120,721 15.55
López 113,676 14.64 117,656 15.16
Sánchez 102,466 13.20 105,858 13.64
Rodríguez 101,777 13.11 103,737 13.36
Fernández 96,340 12.41 98,928 12.74
Pérez 92,919 11.97 96,485 12.43
González 92,054 11.86 93,643 12.06
Gómez 56,767 7.31 57,995 7.47
Ruíz 49,637 6.39 51,861 6.68
Jiménez 45,446 5.85 45,104 5.81
Martín 45,402 5.85 45,072 5.81
Moreno 42,811 5.51 43,128 5.56
Hernández 40,289 5.19 40,982 5.28
Muñoz 38,201 4.92 38,854 5.00
Díaz 36,131 4.65 36,377 4.69
Romero 29,286 3.77 29,483 3.80
Navarro 27,833 3.59 27,987 3.61
Torres 27,631 3.56 27,365 3.52
Álvarez 26,901 3.47 27,303 3.52
Source: Idescat. Surnames of the population, based on the Continuos Register of the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

Last update: October 26, 2022.

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).

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". 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 "..".