Ģonzales

surname · Latin script

Ģonzales is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. In Bolivia it is the 6th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Gonzales, spelling variant of González. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Doublet of Gonzalez, the less prevalent spelling.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 150(inferred from the name graph)
  • BOBolivia≈1 in 207
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 345

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ģonzales itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

930,137 named Gonzalez

#209 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
531 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 150 (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ĢonzalesLatin(measured from records)
ГонсалесCyrillic(measured from records)
ΓκονζάλεςGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gonzales in US United States, PE Peru, ES Spain and 4 more and Gónzales in CR Costa Rica.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Spanish Gonzales, spelling variant of González. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Doublet of Gonzalez, the less prevalent spelling. The barangay in Tanauan, Batangas is named after Nicolas Gonzales, governor of Batangas from 1916 to 1919.

Sources 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ģonzales counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ģonzales is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain#804930,137as Gonzalez1 in 54930KGonzales152
US United States#93841,025as Gonzalez1 in 396841KGonzales531
AR Argentina#419783,399as Gonzalez1 in 58783KGonzales102
PH Philippines#8≈320,000 est.≈1 in 345—Gonzales187
PE Peru#16≈210,000 est.≈1 in 150468KGonzales148
UY Uruguay—206,229as Gonzalez1 in 16206K—36
EC Ecuador—130,809as Gonzalez1 in 129131KGonzales37
CR Costa Rica—119,428as Gonzalez1 in 43119KGónzales50
BO Bolivia#6≈56,000 est.≈1 in 207—Gonzales78

930,137 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos), counting the spelling gonzalez. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the pe-reniec-name-freq register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ģonzales under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ģonzales mean, and where does it come from?
From Spanish Gonzales, spelling variant of González. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Doublet of Gonzalez, the less prevalent spelling. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Dizionario dei cognomi italiani and 2 other sources.
In which country does Ģonzales have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 930 thousand people named Gonzalez, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Ģonzales?
In Spain, the national register counted 930,137 people named Gonzalez, about 1 in 54 residents.
How common is Ģonzales compared with other names?
In Spain, Ģonzales is the 804th most common surname of 395,154 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ģonzales” — the 804th most common surname in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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