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Most frequent surnames of population

Most frequent surnames of population Catalonia. 2022
Firt surname Secon surname
Number Rate per 1,000 inhabitants Number Rate per 1,000 inhabitants
García 168,120 21.57 173,121 22.22
Martínez 118,040 15.15 120,394 15.45
López 113,353 14.55 117,267 15.05
Sánchez 102,125 13.11 105,585 13.55
Rodríguez 101,742 13.06 103,795 13.32
Fernández 96,028 12.32 98,698 12.67
Pérez 92,659 11.89 96,439 12.38
González 91,982 11.80 93,623 12.01
Gómez 56,724 7.28 57,915 7.43
Ruíz 49,393 6.34 51,672 6.63
Jiménez 45,385 5.82 45,089 5.79
Martín 45,175 5.80 44,812 5.75
Moreno 42,746 5.49 43,067 5.53
Hernández 40,433 5.19 41,212 5.29
Muñoz 38,086 4.89 38,806 4.98
Díaz 36,274 4.65 36,484 4.68
Romero 29,301 3.76 29,477 3.78
Navarro 27,623 3.54 27,843 3.57
Torres 27,711 3.56 27,476 3.53
Álvarez 26,859 3.45 27,373 3.51
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 "..".

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