The onomastics usually studies proper names and has particularities whether it analyzes given nameswhich are usually linked to fashion or family tradition, or surnames, which normally have a particular origin and history. Thus, the most curious can usually consult which are the most chosen and popular in Spain or in one of its regions.
In fact, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) periodically updates this data and offers information on the more positions year after year but also on the total number of citizens who maintain that name. From there we know what the most popular in Madrid for example and also the average age they have: the results are usually surprising.
At the level of surnames There are fewer surprises since many can deduce that in the ‘top 10’ García (who has almost 1.5 million people), Rodríguez, López, Martínez or Sánchez will appear. The INE allows everyone to consult their last name and also know the least popular ones. One of them attracts attention.
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It is about No noan unusual surname that draws attention for being reminiscent of a word from another language and being very simple at the syllable level, according to the latest data available from the INE, based on January 2023 and that they met a few months ago, they are 63 people as first surname and another 43 as second. In the list of most placed surnames, it occupies position 36,755.
By region, Nonó is established in Catalonia (especially in Barcelona and Gerona) but it is also present in Madrid and Valencia. Specific genealogy portals locate it in Ripoll, Olot or Arenys de Mar and it can also be found, outside our borders, in Paris, Algiers or a small town near Rome (Italy).
There are other surnames that are even less popular. Ois, Trecet, Lacasia, Latino or Anita, to give just a few examples, is in the ID of about sixty people. Primavera, Corallo, Tiebas, Alfred, Faustero or Carujo are even less common surnames. The ranking ends with more than 81,000 references of surnames that have at least 20 people in Spain.
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