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Hispanic Last Names in the U.S.

Can you guess the most common last names of Hispanics in the United States? To make it easier, we give you the first letter as a clue.
Hint: Think especially of names ending in -ez (and -es).
Source: 2010 U.S. census via The Name Geek
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First submittedJuly 12, 2012
Times taken51,537
Average score33.3%
Rating4.28
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# Hispanics
 
Last Name
1,073,000
G
Garcia
1,027,000
R
Rodriguez
990,000
H
Hernandez
985,000
M
Martinez
813,000
L
Lopez
799,000
G
Gonzalez
634,000
P
Perez
570,000
S
Sanchez
# Hispanics
 
Last Name
527,000
R
Ramirez
403,000
T
Torres
399,000
F
Flores
356,000
R
Rivera
339,000
G
Gomez
322,000
D
Diaz
294,000
C
Cruz
291,000
M
Morales
# Hispanics
 
Last Name
290,000
R
Reyes
274,000
G
Gutierrez
267,000
O
Ortiz
233,000
C
Chavez
229,000
R
Ramos
221,000
R
Ruiz
218,000
M
Mendoza
216,000
A
Alvarez
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30 Comments
lush
+13
Level 34
Aug 18, 2012
i just thought of last names of hispanic baseball players and got 12
aliberti68
+3
Level 54
Aug 15, 2013
I was doing the same thing but only managed 11
skukka
+21
Level 59
Mar 7, 2018
I tried that too, but it didn't help much cause I soon realized that the only baseball player I know is Babe Ruth...
tervuren
+4
Level 57
Aug 24, 2020
I just got Sanchez from Napoleon Dynamite, that's my knowledge of Latino last names
dobleV
+3
Level 23
Aug 22, 2012
Names ending in -es are Portuguese, not Hispanic.
jess1769
+19
Level 80
Aug 28, 2012
Let the U.S. Census Bureau know. ;-)
dobleV
+5
Level 23
Sep 8, 2012
I couldn't care less about other countries' goverments opinions. I'm just telling you this fact because many of you don't know it.
Ludovico
+24
Level 70
Nov 15, 2012
No they're not. "Torres, Flores, Reyes, Morales, Ramos"...Those are actual words in Spanish. Maybe you're right for Gonzales, but not the others.
Baltimorean
+10
Level 66
Jan 7, 2013
I've heard similar things said about Spanish surnames, i.e., Quiñónes is Puerto Rican, while Quiñónez is Mexican. I'm not so sure it's that cut-and-dried. And Hernán Cortés was certainly Spanish, so I doubt the Spanish/Portuguese distinction works either.
kalbahamut
+16
Level 81
Jan 12, 2013
We don't know it because it's not true.
Jesucristo
+16
Level 32
Jan 2, 2018
as someone with the last name Valdés, I can assure you that my last name is, in fact, Spanish in origin.
Insdo
+3
Level 42
Aug 6, 2020
He probably meant Gonzales, Rodrigues, etc, those are indeed Portuguese
IsleAuHaulte
+8
Level 90
Jan 6, 2020
Cervantes was Portuguese all along?
joz
+4
Level 67
Jul 31, 2020
Either way, the suffix seems to have originated with the Basques:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_surnames

interopia
+3
Level 85
Sep 3, 2021
On a related note, try taking People Word Answers Ending with -es!!!
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Jan 12, 2013
I'm sure if I had taken this test 10 years ago when I worked in ER registration I would have got 100% easy.
cr901
+3
Level 8
Dec 5, 2013
I know 1-37 by heart I get 100% easily on this quiz
Nathaniel
+2
Level 75
Jul 31, 2020
Interesting thing to learn XD XD XD
YantheMan
+3
Level 66
Oct 6, 2016
Completely and totally blanked. Tried a bunch of baseball players, but few of them actually worked.
kalbahamut
+8
Level 81
Jan 6, 2017
No Fernandez is unbelievable.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Apr 11, 2017
Fernandez is #39.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Apr 11, 2017
Smith is #127.
shape816
+3
Level 66
Aug 6, 2017
That was much harder than I expected it to be.
SpartanLlama
+2
Level 70
May 26, 2019
Same.
JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Jul 31, 2020
2000 is kinda old. Just curious, is there any data from the 2010 census? And does it have any major differences from this?
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Sep 3, 2021
Updated. I hope they release 2020 data as well, but the Census Bureau is slow so it might be several years or maybe never.
SpencerGT
+2
Level 68
May 5, 2021
How could I forget Gomez?
QuizApe
+3
Level 68
Oct 17, 2021
Can you accept Rodrigez for Rodriguez?
Nickelz
+2
Level 67
Sep 17, 2023
That's not correct...
IamTheSam
+2
Level 43
Oct 17, 2021
Finally. Knowing some Spanish and Portuguese footballers paid off.
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