Gonzalez

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled González in UY Uruguay, GT Guatemala, Gonzales in TH Thailand and Гонсалес in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Gonzalez is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate surname1.1M records spelled Gonzalez17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written González, Gónzalez, Gonzàlez, Gonzaléz, Gónzález

• Catalan surname1.1M records spelled Gonzalez17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written González, Gonzàlez, GonzÃlez, Goñzalez, Gonzalèz

• Turkish surname10.0K records spelled Gonzalez8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Türkiye, United Kingdom

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written González, Gonzàlez, Gónzalez, Gonzalez'

89 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Gonzalez is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, ‘Son of Gonzalo’.

  as a name·Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

• In Italian, variante de Gonzales

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Francisco Pizarrob. 1478ESnot in their usual nameSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
• Felipe Gonzálezb. 1942ESPrime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996
• Vicente del Bosqueb. 1950ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer
• Miguel Boséb. 1956PAnot in their usual nameSpanish-Italian musician, singer and actor
• Alejandro González Iñárritub. 1963MXMexican film director
• Raúl González Blancob. 1977ESSpanish association football player
• Daniel Brühlb. 1978ESnot in their usual nameGerman actor
• Jason Momoab. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1979)
• Santi Cazorlab. 1984ESnot in their usual nameSpanish association football player
• Eiza Gonzálezb. 1990MXMexican actress and singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 211 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gonzalez?

We estimate roughly 3.3 million people bear Gonzalez (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Gonzalez have the most bearers?

Gonzalez is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled gonzalez.

How common is Gonzalez compared with other names?

In Mexico, Gonzalez is the 5th most common surname of 198,716 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Gonzalez mean?

Recorded meaning: patronymic from the personal name Gonzalo, a personal name of Visigothic origin, based on the Germanic element gunjj ‘battle’.