The Flores surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 433,969 people carried this name — #40 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 680 people counted. That is up 39% from 312,615 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Flores surname
From Spanish Flores, from flores (“flowers”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Flores» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 226,614 people named Flores live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,596 people named Flores.
607 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
825 people named Flores live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Flores live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
410 people named Flores are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Flores in American newspapers,
1895–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 225,054 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Flores,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rose of Lima 1586–1617 · mystic -
Cirilo Flores 1779–1826 · politician -
Juan José Flores 1800–1864 · military personnel -
Venancio Flores 1808–1868 · military personnel -
Francesco Flores D'Arcais 1830–1890 · music critic
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 206 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Flores.
- Floreani 112 · U.S. census
- Florek 1,532 · U.S. census
- Florence 9,177 · U.S. census
- Florent 317 · U.S. census
- Florentin 211 · U.S. census
- Florentino 1,393 · U.S. census
- Flori 444 · U.S. census
- Florian 3,731 · U.S. census
- Florin 716 · U.S. census
- Florio 4,211 · U.S. census
- Floris 294 · U.S. census
- Flory 5,243 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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