16th Century Spanish Names

Patronymics by Frequency

by Elsbeth Anne Roth (Kathy Van Stone)

© 2002 by Kathy Van Stone; all rights reserved.

Introduction
Masculine given names, sorted alphabetically
Masculine given names, sorted by frequency
Feminine given names, sorted alphabetically
Feminine given names, sorted by frequency
Locatives, sorted by frequency
Other bynames, sorted by frequency
All bynames, sorted alphabetically

The 6 most common names comprise about 50% of the total. This selection contains about 1050 names total.

Name	# Citations	Original Name	Percentage
Sánchez	105	Sancho	10%	Examples
Rodríguez	101	Rodrigo	10%	Examples
López	98	Lope	9%	Examples
García	92	García	9%	Examples
Hernández	79	Hernando	8%	Examples
González	63	Gonzalo	6%	Examples
Martín	63	Martín	6%	Examples
Pérez	62	Pedro	6%	Examples
Díaz	58	Diego	6%	Examples
Gutiérrez	39	Gutierro	4%	Examples
Gómez	37	Goma or Gome	4%	Examples
Martínez	35	Martín	3%	Examples
Jiménez	31	Jimeno	3%	Examples
Ortiz	31	Orti (lat. Fortis)	3%	Examples
Ruiz	30	Ruy	3%	Examples
Nuñez	23	Nuño	2%	Examples
Vázquez	17	Vasco	2%	Examples
Muñoz	13	Munio	1%	Examples
Suárez	12	Suaro	1%	Examples
Juárez	9	Suaro	1%	Examples
Ramírez	9	Ramiro	1%	Examples
Arias	8	Aria	1%	Examples
Méndez	8	Mendo	1%	Examples
Sanz	7	Sancto	1%	Examples
Díez	3	Diego	<1%	Examples
Yañez	2	Juan	<1%	Examples
Blas	1	Blas	<1%	Examples

Last updated: 9 October, 2002