The most common Galician surnames in 2020

The surnames say a lot about our identity and the origins of families. They are passed down generation after generation and they provide a lot of information. Many common surnames in Galicia coincide with the most common throughout SpainThey do not seem very different, even in the case of a territory with its own language, such as Galician. But yes, in many cases, the Galician language marks the phonetics and etymology of these family surnames.

In Galicia, Galician surnames most commons are: García, González, Rodríguez, Fernández, López, Martínez, Sánchez, Pérez, Gómez, Ruíz, Díaz, Álvarez, Romero, Alonso, Gutiérrez, Torres, Domínguez, Vázquez, Ramos, Gil, Ramírez, Blanco, Suárez, Ortega , Delgado, Castro, Iglesias, Núñez, Garrido, Castillo, Cortés, Guerrero, Prieto, Méndez, Calvo, Vidal, Gallego, Cruz, Herrera or Peña.

More than 3,000 surnames registered in Galicia

The total of surnames that are registered in Galicia, according to him National Institute of Statistics (INE) and the Galician Language Institute (IGL), son 3,029 surnames. If we serve the different provinces:

In A coruña: in the municipalities of A Coruña (581), Ferrol (157), Curtis (118), Aranga (94), Melide (70), Sobrado (65), Cambre (62), Narón (59), Santiago de Compostela 56), Culleredo (43), Oleiros (34), Fene (31), Boimorto (26), Sada (24), Arteixo (21), Betanzos (17), Ribeira (14), Brión (14), Vilasantar ( 14), Carballo (12), Oza dos Ríos (12), Noia (10), Ames (10), Coirós (10), Mugardos (9), Abegondo (9), Pontedeume (8), Arzúa (7) and Boqueixón (6).

In Lugo: in the municipalities of Xove (87), Burela (83), Lugo (82), Viveiro (78), Cervo (48), Chantada (26), Guitiriz (25), Foz (25), Sarria (19), Samos (19), Friol (13), Monforte de Lemos (10), Antas de Ulla (8), Ribadeo (7) and O Valadouro (6).

In Ourense: in the municipalities of Ourense (142), Toén (31), San Cibrao das Viñas (28), Esgos (22), O Carballiño (16), Barbadás (12), Xinzo de Limia (11), Paderne de Allariz ( 10), Ribadavia (10), Baltar (9), Xunqueira de Espadanedo (8), O Barco de Valdeorras (6), Verín (6) and Leiro (6).

In Pontevedra: in the municipalities of Vigo (176), Pontevedra (78), Vilagarcía de Arousa (65), Redondela (18), Marín (17), Mondariz (10), Nigrán (9), A Estrada (8), Poio ( 7) and Ponteareas (6).

García, heads the list of the most frequent surnames of A Coruña, is linked to the tradition of the kings of the Old Kingdom of Galicia. In Lugo it is the Lópezes who have the most weight, and in Ourense and Pontevedra they are the Rodríguez. They don’t seem very typical.

The least frequent surnames of Galicia

It is also curious to look at the least used surnames of Galicia. They are curious, rare, very loud in other cases, but little used. The least used surnames are: Vilaboi, Seija, Domuiño, Láncara, Doejo, Peirallo, Galáns, Cabeceira, Brisaboa, Panisse, Vequez, Gorrity, Croque, Outeriño, Bermolen, Quiveo, Desantiago, Lostre, Balai, Ouso, Verdiñas, Ernau, Cantarilla, Esplúguez, Hiráldez, Ribadeo, Masdías, Reivelo, Teloy, Begide, Bimbiela, Astrar, Ermida, Gaveiras, Pellit, Dejuane, Prelchi, Truiteiro, Beahin, Taberneiro.

The positions of the surnames of Galician politicians

The surnames of the political candidates for the 2020 Galician elections have different weight within the dictionary of surnames of Galicia.

Alberto Nunez Feijòo (PP) can you say that Núñez is a surname of patronymic origin derived from the name Nuño or Nuno.

Gonzalo knight (PSdeG) has a surname that is related to the Cabalar, Cabaleiro or Cabalo. In the Middle Ages, a knight was one who fought with his horse or belonged to an order of chivalry.

Ana Pontón (BNG) can affirm that his surname can refer to the woods, such as small beams, that go from beam to beam and in which the floorboards, the ceiling, or on which the tiles rest are nailed. They are the crossbars that hold the structure.

Antón Gómez-Reino (Galicia En Común-Anova-Mareas), if we focus on Gómez, he has a surname that refers to Gome, a proper name.

These curiosities may be of complementary interest to voters, in addition to taking into account their ideological contributions or their programmatic positions in the electoral campaign for the 2020 Galician elections.

The study of the origin of each surname is of great help for experts who study onomastics.The etymological, geographical and historical information that provides the origin of each surname used in Galicia, as well as the frequency, is a very valuable contribution to the study the origin of the population, its movements in the territory and its roots.

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