Ĺopez
surname · Latin script
Ĺopez is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 15th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Anglicization of Spanish López.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 28(inferred from the name graph)
- UYUruguay1 in 37
- HNHonduras≈1 in 42
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- #25 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 587 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 28 (inferred from the name graph)
874,523 people, 2010
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Lopez in US United States, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 4 more and López in UY Uruguay, GT Guatemala.
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)
Anglicization of Spanish López.
Sources 6
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
- Wiktionary
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ĺopez 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #15 | 874,523 | 1 in 380 | 879K | Lopez | 587 |
| ES Spain | #2 | 871,380 | 1 in 57 | 871K | Lopez | 332 |
| CO Colombia | #3 | ≈560,000 est. | ≈1 in 88 | 6.2K | Lopez | 246 |
| AR Argentina | #4 | 520,897 | 1 in 87 | 521K | Lopez | 206 |
| GT Guatemala | #16 | ≈390,000 est. | ≈1 in 44 | — | López | 134 |
| NI Nicaragua | #1 | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 28 | 801 | Lopez | 106 |
| HN Honduras | #2 | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 42 | — | Lopez | 115 |
| SV El Salvador | #3 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 47 | — | Lopez | 129 |
| UY Uruguay | #172 | 92,326 | 1 in 37 | 92K | López | 129 |
874,523 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; 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); This page contains a database of popular Nicaraguan names and surnames categorized by gender and frequency, published by; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ĺopez mean, and where does it come from?
- Anglicization of Spanish López. Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and Dictionary of American Family Names and 4 other sources.
- In which country does Ĺopez have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 875 thousand people named Ĺopez, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lopez.
- How common is the name Ĺopez?
- In the United States, the national register counted 874,523 people named Ĺopez in 2010, about 1 in 380 residents.
- How common is Ĺopez compared with other names?
- In the United States, Ĺopez is the 15th most common surname of 6,282,806 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, “Ĺopez” — the 15th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.