The Lopez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 874,523 people carried this name — #12 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 337 people counted. That is up 41% from 621,536 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lopez surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From Lope + -ez.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «López» (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 521,054 people named Lopez 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 13,671 people named Lopez.
6,404 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 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
4,611 people named Lopez live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 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 194 people named Lopez 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.
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
51 people named Lopez have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 257 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 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
933 people named Lopez 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
Lopez in American newspapers,
1850–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 269,350 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lopez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan López 1440–1496 · jurist -
Frantzisko Lopez 1866–1910 · writer -
Alberto Marcilla Lopez 1878– · priest -
Red Lopez 1886–1921 -
Pedro Lopez 1906–1957 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 286 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lopez.
- Loor 766 · U.S. census
- Loos 4,064 · U.S. census
- Loose 2,408 · U.S. census
- Lootens 408 · U.S. census
- Loots 201 · U.S. census
- Lopes 18,310 · U.S. census
- Lopinto 548 · U.S. census
- Lopresti 3,187 · U.S. census
- Lor 11,479 · U.S. census
- Lora 7,030 · U.S. census
- Loraine 187 · U.S. census
- Lorang 558 · U.S. census
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