Gonzalez (family name)

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González is a patronymic Spanish surname and means "son of Gonzalo ". It's the second most common surname in Spain and is very common throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The name also occurs outside of the Spanish-speaking area and is usually written Gonzalez without an acute accent. A historical spelling that is also common as a name is Gonzales .

The Portuguese form of the name is Gonçalves .

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The most common family names in Spain

In Spain, González is the second most common surname after García ; more than 920,000 residents have the name first in their compound surname . In Mexico , the name is the fifth most common surname in the country; About two million Mexicans have their patronymic (first surname) González , more than two million have the name in second place as their mother's name. In the United States , the name is the 13th most common family name and 5th most popular Hispanic surname with around 841,000 people, around 95% of whom identify as Hispanics .

Worldwide, González (including the spelling variants Gonzalez and Gonzales) ranks sixth among the most common surnames in the world with around ten million namesake, just behind García (over 10 million, 5th place) and ahead of Hernández (8 million, 7th place). In the frequency statistics, these Spanish names top the list of Western names, as places 1 to 4 are for Chinese and Vietnamese names . González ranks well ahead of Smith (4 million, 8th place), Smirnow (2.5 million, 9th place) and Müller (1 million, 10th place).

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  1. ^ Emilio Sánchez Hidalgo: Los apellidos que significan "hijo de" en Europe. In: El País , July 17, 2018, accessed November 1, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. García y González, los apellidos más frecuentes entre los españoles. In: El País , May 19, 2016, accessed November 2, 2019 (Spanish).
  3. ¿Cuál es el nombre y apellido más común en México? In: Excelsior , July 29, 2014, accessed November 8, 2019 (Spanish).
  4. Los apellidos hispanos más populares en los Estados Unidos (EEUU). In: Mongabay , accessed November 2019 (data based on the United States Census 2010 ).
  5. Los 10 apellidos más populares del mundo… ¿Está el tuyo? In: NNC.mx , March 1, 2012, accessed November 2, 2019 (Spanish).