Lucas and Lucía are the most frequent names in Castilla-La Mancha, according to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) corresponding to 2018 and published this Wednesday, May 22.
However, in Spain, Antonio and María Carmen are still the most common names. Across the country, there are 678,425 men named Antonio, a name that leads a classification in whose first ten positions appear José (594,144), Manuel (590,965), Francisco (498,934), David (365,196), Juan (346,867), José Antonio (310,134), Javier (306,504), Daniel (296,281) and José Luis (293,564).
In the case of women, there are 656,276 María Carmen, followed by 606,048 María, 391,563 Carmen, 276,682 Josefa, 273,319 Ana María, 266,967 Isabel, 263,141 María Pilar, 259,216 María Dolores, 256,381 Laura and 251,492 María Teresa.
The average age of the men named Antonio is 55.9, while in the case of María Carmen it is 57 years. In the ‘top ten’ of men, the youngest average age corresponds to Daniel (27 years) while in the case of women is Laura (28.4 years).
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Precisely, regarding younger women, there are Cataleya (1.8), Arya (2.1), Ritaj (2.5), Hidaya (3.8), Rodayna (4.3), Abrar (4 , 4), Jare (5) Tasnim (5.5) or Nor (5.8); while Neizan (3.4) Leo and Enzo (4.3), Thiago (4.7) Gael (5.3), Liam (5.9), Luka (6), Nico (6) appear on the men’s list , 1) or Cesc (6,2) among others.
By provinces, María Carmen is the most popular in Álava, Avila, Burgos, Cádiz, Ciduad Real, Córdoba, A Coruña, Granada, Guadalajara, Guipúzcoa, León, La Rioja, Lugo, Madrid, Navarra, Asturias, Palencia, Las Palmas, Pontevedra, Salamanca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Cantabria, Segovia, Seville, Soria, Toledo, Valladolid, Vizcaya, Zamora and Ceuta; while María is in Albacete, Alicante, Almería, Badajoz, Baleares, Barcelona, Cáceres, Castellón, Cuenca , Girona, Huelva, Jaén, Lleida, Malaga, Murcia, Ourense, Tarragona and Valencia. Furthermore, María Pilar is the most frequent in Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza; and Fatima in Melilla.
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Regarding men, there is more variety, Antonio being the most frequent in Albacete, Alicante, Almería, the Balearic Islands, Barcelona, Cáceres, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Granada, Guadalajara, Huesca, Jaén, Madrid, Málaga, Murcia and Las Palmas; while Manuel is in Badajoz Cádiz, A Coruña, Huelva, León, Lugo, Ourense, Salamanca, Pontevedra, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Cantabria, Seville, Teruel and Zamora; and Jesús in Ávila, Cuenca, Palencia, Segovia, Soria, Toledo, Valladolid and Zaragoza.
Javier is the most popular in Álava and La Rioja; David in Burgos; José in Castellón, Tarragona and Valencia; Jordi in Girona and Lleida; Mikel in Guipúzcoa; Francisco Javier in Navarra; José Manuel in Asturias; José Luis in Vizcaya; and Mohamed in Ceuta and Melilla.
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By nationality, in the case of Europe among men Thomas is the most common among Germans living in Spain; Jean Pierre between the Belgians and the French; Ivan among the Bulgarians; John among the Irish and British; Marco among the Italians; Tomas among the Lithuanians; Ion among the Moldovans; Bjorn among the Norwegians; Jan among the Dutch; Krzysztof among the Poles; Antonio among the Portuguese; Vasile among the Romanians; Alexander among the Russians; Daniel among the Swedes; Peter among the Swiss and Oleksandr among the Ukrainians.
Among women, Sabine is the most frequent among German women living in Spain; Anne Marie among the Belgians; Mariya among the Bulgarians; Nathalie among the French; Mary among the Irish; Francesca among the Italians; Kristina among the Lithuanians; Tatiana among the Moldovans; Kari among the Norwegians; Johanna among the Dutch; Anna among the Poles; Maria Fatima among the Portuguese; Susan among the British; Maria among the Romanians; Elena among the Russians, Ana Maria among the Swedes; Ursula among the Swiss; and Iryna among the Ukrainians.
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As for other nationalities, Mohamed and Fátima are the most common names among Moroccans living in Spain (the largest migrant population in Spain according to the progress of the INE Continuous Register Statistics as of January 1, 2019); Juan Carlos and María Fernanda are the most common among Ecuadorians; Wei and Jing among the Chinese; Juan Carlos or María Alejandra, among Venezuelans ,: Mamadou or Fatou among Senegalese, among other population groups.
GARCÍA, AT THE HEAD
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Regarding the most frequent surname, either first or second, it is García, with 1,464,633 (first), followed by Rodríguez (925,137), González (925,137), Fernández (914,028), López (869,461), Martínez ( 832,270), Sánchez (816,476), Pérez (777,361), Gómez (491,138) and Martín (487,881). In 2017, García repeated in the first place, followed by González and Rodríguez, who thus exchanged positions in 2018.
By province of birth, García is the most frequent in Álava, Albacete, Alicante, Badajoz, Baleares, Barcelona, Burgos, Cádiz, Castellón, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, A Coruña, Girona, Granada, Guadalajara, Guipúzcoa, Jaén, Lleida, Madrid , Malaga, Palencia, Segovia, Seville, Soria, Tarragona, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Vizcaya and Zaragoza; Martínez in Almería, Cuenca, La Rioja, Murcia and Navarra; Martín in Ávila; Sánchez in Cáceres and Salamanca; Rodríguez in Huelva, Ourense, Las Palmas, Pontevedra and Zamora; López in Lugo and Huesca; Fernández in León, Asturias and Cantabria; González in Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Pérez in Teruel; and Mohamed in Ceuta and Melilla
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Among the smallest, Lucía and Lucas are the most frequent names among newborns in 2017, according to the latest INE statistics that collects the one hundred most common names in Spain of the 391,930 children registered in the Civil Registry in the past year. Lucas has unseated Hugo for the first time since 2013 as the preferred name for parents, while Lucia continues to lead the ranking of newborns since 2002.
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