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Most frequent surnames of population

Most frequent surnames of population Catalonia Firt surname. Number
García Martínez López Sánchez Rodríguez Fernández Pérez González Gómez Ruíz Jiménez Martín Moreno Hernández Muñoz Díaz Romero Navarro Torres Álvarez
2022 168,120 118,040 113,353 102,125 101,742 96,028 92,659 91,982 56,724 49,393 45,385 45,175 42,746 40,433 38,086 36,274 29,301 27,623 27,711 26,859
2021 168,733 118,464 113,676 102,466 101,777 96,340 92,919 92,054 56,767 49,637 45,446 45,402 42,811 40,289 38,201 36,131 29,286 27,833 27,631 26,901
Source: Idescat. Surnames of the population, based on the Continuos Register of the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

Last update: October 18, 2023.

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 "..".