Mexican Last Names Starting With D

These are the most common Mexican last names beginning with D, ranked by how often they’re used in Mexico today.

Four names are in the top one hundred: Diaz, Dominguez, de la Cruz, and Delgado.

You’ll find many names starting with de, de la, and de los. This part means “of” or “of the”. For example, de la Cruz means “of the cross”, a surname of religious significance.

There are 100 names listed below. Each shows their rank in Mexico beside where they rank in the 2010 U.S. census. We also give the origins and meanings of the most common ones.

The rankings come from a database of over 1.25 million workers published by Mexico’s Ministry of Public Education.

List Of Mexican Last Names Starting With D

Let’s start with the alphabetical list of names from Damian to de Dios.

Davila is the most common name in this section. It literally means “from Avila“, or from a small town.

Last Name	Mexico Rank	U.S. Rank
Damian	414	4,980
Davalos	799	5,079
Davila	188	774
Daza	1,817	14,862
De Alba	1,432	11,767
De Anda	1,133	4,126
De Aquino	2,032	47,272
De Avila	2,165	17,613
De Coss	2,861	Not ranked
De Dios	926	11,335

Mexican Names from de Gante to de la O

De la Cruz is the most common name in this section. We gave the meaning in the introduction, so lets look at another name.

De la Fuente’s meaning is “of the fountain”. Early holders likely lived near a spring or fountain.

Last Name	Mexico Rank	U.S. Rank
De Gante	2,612	27,707
De Haro	1,854	16,575
De Hoyos	2,197	7,478
De Jesus	289	783
De la Cerda	1,485	9,573
De la Cruz	54	458
De la Fuente	582	5,021
De la Garza	845	3,334
De la Luz	1,185	14,930
De la Mora	1,462	13,360
De la O	620	5,343

Mexican Names from de la Parra to de la Vega

De la Rosa is the top name in this section. The literal meaning is “of the rose”. Early bearers of the name likely lived near an area where roses grew, or a village already named La Rosa.

Last Name	Mexico Rank	U.S. Rank
De la Parra	2,665	67,126
De la Paz	870	5,436
De la Peña	1,662	8,189
De la Riva	2,861	14,537
De la Rocha	2,725	35,147
De la Rosa	179	910
De la Sancha	1,832	38,155
De la Serna	2,725	89,069
De la Toba	2,922	Not ranked
De la Torre	383	1,288
De la Vega	1,113	9,661

Mexican Names from Camacho to Canul

De Leon is the most common name in this section. It literally means “of the lion”, which associates early bearers with nobility and strength.

Last Name	Mexico Rank	U.S. Rank
De Lara	2,369	13,101
De Leon	190	359
De Lira	1,314	16,601
De Loera	2,369	14,946
De los Angeles	3,059	21,470
De los Santos	338	1,880
De Lucio	2,369	63,373
De Luna	657	3,508
De Paz	1,224	7,995
De Santiago	599	5,100

Mexican Names from Deaquino to Del Rio

The most common name in this section is Del Angel, which literally means “of the Angel”. It emerged in 4th-century Spain when religious-based names became common.

Last Name	Mexico Rank	U.S. Rank
Deaquino	2,665	47,272
Decena	2,409	31,360
Degollado	1,722	24,352
Dehesa	1,646	140,157
Del Angel	249	11,524
Del Bosque	2,502	15,080
Del Campo	2,458	16,475
Del Carmen	1,472	17,864
Del Carpio	2,062	41,959
Del Castillo	1,413	8,254
Del Moral	1,854	31,285
Del Razo	2,665	126,765
Del Real	1,940	7,701
Del Rio	812	3,620

Mexican Names from del Toro to Devora

Delgado is the name in this section which is in the top one hundred of Mexican names, at position 56.

It comes from the Spanish word delgado, which means thin or slender. The earliest families are documented in Northern Spain.

Last Name	Mexico Rank	U.S. Rank
Del Toro	1,210	4,862
Del Valle	767	3,033
Del Villar	2,502	15,734
Delfin	1,210	15,406
Delgadillo	362	2,399
Delgado	56	221
Deloya	1,336	47,521
Demetrio	3,163	48,160
Dena	2,612	22,559
Deolarte	3,163	Not ranked
Deras	2,922	12,136
Desales	2,165	58,604
Devora	2,409	20,591

Mexican Names from Diaz to Dirzo

Diaz is the most popular surname starting with D in Mexico. It is also in the top one hundred of names in the United States.

It means “Son of Diego”, while Diego is a Spanish form of Jacob or James.

Last Name	Mexico Rank	U.S. Rank
Diaz	17	55
Diaz de Leon	1,009	15,639
Diego	606	5,651
Dimas	783	4,990
Dinorin	2,458	Not ranked
Dionicio	1,185	25,865
Diosdado	1,579	17,521
Dircio	911	45,105
Dirzo	2,125	107,134

Mexican Names from Dolores to Doroteo

Dominguez is a highly popular name in Mexico, ranked 35th out of all names.

The meaning comes from the Latin word Dominicus (the Lord). Typically, Dominicus was given as a first name to children born on Sunday. Their children would take the name “of Dominicus” or Dominguez.

Last Name	Mexico Rank	U.S. Rank
Dolores	1,231	17,283
Dominguez	35	254
Dominguillo	2,266	Not ranked
Dondiego	2,861	48,530
Donjuan	2,232	23,135
Donlucas	3,059	149,395
Dorado	1,304	6,367
Dorame	2,861	20,232
Dorantes	377	10,136
Doroteo	1,766	34,032

Mexican Names from Duarte to Dzul

Duran is just outside the top hundred, ranked 109th in Mexico.

The meaning comes from the Latin word durare, which means enduring or lasting. Early bearers would likely have been seen as strong and persistent people.

Last Name	Mexico Rank	U.S. Rank
Duarte	237	808
Duenas	1,597	2,627
Dueñas	935	2,627
Dueñas	2,266	2,627
Duque	1,203	4,407
Duran	109	349
Durazo	2,062	12,856
Duron	882	5,741
Dzib	585	100,302
Dzul	424	54,178

Notes About Our List

The data comes from an open database of 1,256,438 federal education workers published by Mexico’s Secretaría de Educación Pública. The processed data is published on GitHub as mexican-names.

The Mexico Rank column shows how common the surname is in Mexico. The lower the number, the more common the name. The U.S. Rank column is the name’s position in the 2010 United States census.

People in Mexico carry two surnames, the father’s followed by the mother’s. Our ranking uses the father’s surname, which is the one a person is normally known by.

Related lists

For surnames common among Hispanic Americans, see our list of Hispanic last names starting with D.

You can also use our surname ranking tool to check how a name ranked in the 2000 and 2010 U.S. censuses.