Perez

surname · Latin script

Meaning: (i) ‘son of Pedro’, Spanish form of Peter; (ii) Jewish surname from a name meaning literally ‘burst forth’

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/peɾeθ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Perez is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country, where it is the 8th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 51(inferred from the name graph)
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 54
  • PRPuerto Rico≈1 in 63

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

779,313 people

#30 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
576 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 51 (inferred from the name graph)

Dominican Republic, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

PerezLatin(measured from records)
ПересCyrillic(measured from records)
เปเรซThai(measured from records)
ΠερέζGreek(measured from records)
페레스Hangul(measured from records)

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)

(i) ‘son of Pedro’, Spanish form of Peter; (ii) Jewish surname from a name meaning literally ‘burst forth’.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Perez 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 Perez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain#8779,3131 in 64779KPerez308
US United States#24681,6451 in 488682KPerez576
VE Venezuela#3≈530,000 est.≈1 in 54—Perez158
CO Colombia#11≈380,000 est.≈1 in 1286.2KPerez231
AR Argentina#9371,7061 in 122372KPerez196
DO Dominican Republic#2≈210,000 est.≈1 in 51—Perez148
SV El Salvador#6≈100,000 est.≈1 in 65—Perez97
PR Puerto Rico#6≈50,000 est.≈1 in 63—Perez111

779,313 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RNEC — Nombres más registrados (newborn name statistics). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Perez is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Philippines

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Pérez, Pèrez, Peréz, Pérèz, Perèz

  • a separate name18 spellings in the group

    Also written Péréz, Perèz, Peréz, Përez, Pĕrez

  • Swahili surname16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Spain, Peru

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

    Also written Pérez, Pèrez, Peréz, Pérêz, Pêrêz

  • Polish surname58 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Poland, Peru

    Languages: Polish, Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Pérez, Peres, Pereš, Перез, Перес

  • Swedish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Pérez

  • Turkish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Türkiye, Peru

    Languages: Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani

    Also written Pérez, Peréz, Përez

83 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Perez is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • A biblical name meaning 'breach' or 'burst forth', symbolizing strength and overcoming barriers.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • He represents the continuation of the Messianic line through the tribe of Judah despite familial dysfunction.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In English, The father of Hezron and the son of Judah; the grandson of Jacob.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Italian, de Pero, com terminação espanhola; filho de Pero

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • Breach or bursting forth

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000José Joaquín Pérez, b. 1801José Martí, b. 1853Alan García, b. 1949Otto Pérez Molina, b. 1950Arturo Pérez-Reverte, b. 1951Vincent Pérez, b. 1964Selena Pérez, b. 1971Álvaro Morte, b. 1975Mr. 305, b. 1981Ayoze Pérez, b. 1993

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Perez,Dear Perez, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Perez,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 78 sources across 41 countries.

Official registers attesting Perez
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—779K#8
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—779K#8
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010682K#22
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020681K#21
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000489K#29
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—372K—
CO ColombiaColombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co)—217#13

Reference works 8

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Perez mean, and where does it come from?
(i) ‘son of Pedro’, Spanish form of Peter; (ii) Jewish surname from a name meaning literally ‘burst forth’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
How do you pronounce Perez?
A machine transcription gives /peɾeθ/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What are other forms of the name Perez?
In the etymology graph, Peretz and Phares are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Perez have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 779 thousand people named Perez, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled perez.
How common is the name Perez?
In Spain, the national register counted 779,313 people named Perez, about 1 in 64 residents.
How common is Perez compared with other names?
In Spain, Perez is the 8th 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, “Perez” — the 8th most common surname in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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