The Gonzalez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 841,025 people carried this name — #13 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 351 people counted. That is up 41% from 597,718 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gonzalez surname
Borrowed from Spanish González (“son of Gonzalo”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gonzalez» (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 783,399 people named Gonzalez 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 7,065 people named Gonzalez.
3,308 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Gironde.
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
4,852 people named Gonzalez live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 150 people named Gonzalez 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
35 people named Gonzalez have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 216 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
1,159 people named Gonzalez are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. 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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gonzalez in American newspapers,
1851–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 114,845 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gonzalez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Myrtle Gonzalez 1891–1918 · actor -
Manuel A. Gonzalez 1832–1902
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Édouard Dreyfus Gonzalez 1876–1941 · composer
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Édouard Dreyfus Gonzalez 1876–1941 · composer
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Édouard Dreyfus Gonzalez 1877–1941 · composer
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Édouard Dreyfus Gonzalez 1877–1941 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gonzalez.
- 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
- Gonzales 214,758 · 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
- Goram 123 · U.S. census
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