The Gonzales surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 214,758 people carried this name — #111 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,370 people counted. That is up 11% from 193,934 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gonzales surname
A surname originating as a patronymic, variant of González, from the Spanish male given name Gonzalo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gonzales» (Spanish), 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 11,538 people named Gonzales 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 2,116 people named Gonzales.
865 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 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
141 people named Gonzales live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
85 people named Gonzales is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Gonzales in American newspapers,
1903.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 140,270 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gonzales,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ambrosio José Gonzales 1818–1893 · military officer -
Narciso Gener Gonzales 1858–1903 · journalist -
Joseph Gonzales 1862–1940 · businessperson -
William Elliott Gonzales 1866–1937 · diplomat -
Gianna Terribili-Gonzales 1882–1940 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 243 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gonzales.
- Gondal 262 · U.S. census
- Gonella 168 · U.S. census
- Gonet 428 · U.S. census
- Gongora 3,205 · U.S. census
- Goni 359 · U.S. census
- Gonthier 376 · U.S. census
- Gonzalez 841,025 · U.S. census
- Gonzalo 592 · U.S. census
- Gonzalves 199 · U.S. census
- Goossens 558 · U.S. census
- Gora 953 · U.S. census
- Goral 913 · U.S. census
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