These are the more common Mexican last names beginning with E, ranked by how often they’re used in Mexico today.
Estrada is the most common in Mexico with a ranking of 48th. Espinosa and Espinoza are the next highest, clearly variants of each other.
You’ll also see several indigenous names in this list. Eb, Ehuan, and Entzin are Mayan in origin.
List Of Mexican Last Names Starting With E
Let’s start with the alphabetical list of names from Eb (the only two-letter name in the list) to Ehuan.
Eb is ranked quite low in terms of numbers in Mexico. It is genuinely rare in the United States, where it doesn’t get a census ranking. It and Entzin are indigenous Mayan names.
Echeverria is the most common name in this section. The early origins are Basque, where it means a new house (berri is new and etxe is house). The bearers likely lived in a new settlement.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Eb | 2,612 | |
| Echavarria | 1,269 | 9,557 |
| Echazarreta | 3,762 | |
| Echevarria | 2,032 | 3,636 |
| Echeverria | 616 | 3,713 |
| Echeveste | 3,605 | 39,004 |
| Eduardo | 3,762 | 30,339 |
| Eguia | 1,380 | 17,367 |
| Ehuan | 2,458 |
Mexican Names from Elenes to Elvira
Elias and Elizalde are just four positions apart as the more common surnames in this section.
Elias has biblical origins, from the Old Testament prophet Elijah. The name literally means “my God is my Lord”. Elias is the Greek form of the name.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Elenes | 2,922 | 25,403 |
| Elias | 591 | 1,443 |
| Eligio | 2,409 | 31,754 |
| Elizalde | 595 | 6,102 |
| Elizarraras | 1,703 | 18,036 |
| Elizarraraz | 2,612 | 19,398 |
| Elizondo | 602 | 2,365 |
| Elorza | 2,266 | 46,811 |
| Elvira | 1,854 | 28,001 |
Mexican Names from Emeterio to Entzin
The most common surname in this section is Enriquez. The Spanish name Enrique is a variant of the German name Heinrich, or the English Henry. It means the ruler of the home.
Early bearers were likely the heads of powerful families.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Emeterio | 2,458 | 71,042 |
| Emigdio | 3,762 | 81,458 |
| Emiliano | 2,409 | 37,076 |
| Encarnacion | 930 | 4,909 |
| Encinas | 983 | 7,609 |
| Encino | 1,504 | 77,012 |
| Encinos | 2,314 | |
| Enciso | 880 | 7,157 |
| Enriquez | 155 | 837 |
| Ensastiga | 3,485 | |
| Entzin | 1,314 |
Mexican Names from Epitacio to Escamilla
Escalante is the more common name in this section. The meaning comes from the Spanish word for climbing (escalar). Early bearers likely lived on a hill or steep slope.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Epitacio | 3,163 | |
| Equihua | 3,059 | 23,120 |
| Erazo | 2,793 | 6,899 |
| Erives | 2,922 | 22,543 |
| Erosa | 2,861 | 146,201 |
| Escalante | 233 | 1,736 |
| Escalera | 1,098 | 5,271 |
| Escalona | 935 | 10,505 |
| Escamilla | 210 | 1,715 |
Mexican Names from Escandon to Escutia
Escobar is just outside the top one hundred names, at position #119 in Mexico.
The meaning comes from the Spanish word escoba, which refers to the broom plant. Early name bearers likely lived near a thicket of broom shrubs.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Escandon | 1,380 | 15,268 |
| Escarcega | 1,817 | 12,994 |
| Escareño | 1,854 | 10,448 |
| Escobar | 119 | 520 |
| Escobedo | 211 | 1,211 |
| Escorcia | 1,880 | 23,899 |
| Escorza | 1,722 | 42,163 |
| Escoto | 1,413 | 6,469 |
| Escudero | 556 | 9,684 |
| Escutia | 1,677 | 17,056 |
Mexican Names from Eslava to Esperon
Esparza is the most common name in this section.
This is what’s known as a habitational name, or a name that derives its meaning from a place. In this case, there is a town called Esparza in Navarre in Spain. But the word itself can derive from the Basque word espar, which means a pasture.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Eslava | 1,200 | 33,894 |
| Espadas | 1,093 | 53,072 |
| Espana | 2,922 | 8,019 |
| España | 1,766 | 8,019 |
| España | 3,605 | 8,019 |
| Esparragoza | 3,250 | 121,590 |
| Esparza | 184 | 816 |
| Espejel | 1,098 | 39,887 |
| Espejo | 1,448 | 11,388 |
| Esperanza | 3,163 | 21,811 |
| Espericueta | 1,485 | 23,185 |
| Esperon | 2,725 | 56,195 |
Mexican Names from Espina to Esquivell
Two name in this section are in the top one hundred, Espinosa and Espinoza. They are clearly variants of each other.
The meaning comes from the Spanish word for a thorn (espina). Early bearers likely lived near a thorny patch of ground.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Espina | 2,062 | 23,167 |
| Espinal | 1,597 | 2,289 |
| Espindola | 647 | 11,608 |
| Espino | 445 | 2,278 |
| Espinobarros | 1,432 | 133,863 |
| Espinosa | 64 | 896 |
| Espinoza | 72 | 271 |
| Espitia | 1,272 | 7,677 |
| Esponda | 2,232 | 65,782 |
| Esqueda | 1,175 | 5,963 |
| Esquer | 1,224 | 15,719 |
| Esquinca | 1,579 | 150,452 |
| Esquivel | 166 | 925 |
Mexican Names from Esteban to Evia
Estrada is the surname in this section that breaks the top 50 in Mexico, ranking 48th.
It derives from the Latin strata, which means a road or pathway. Early bearers likely lived near a major road of the times.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Esteban | 681 | 6,480 |
| Esteva | 1,880 | 45,653 |
| Estevez | 1,141 | 3,273 |
| Estrada | 48 | 238 |
| Estrella | 504 | 2,618 |
| Estudillo | 935 | 26,853 |
| Estupiñan | 2,612 | 20,468 |
| Euan | 580 | 117,480 |
| Eufracio | 2,502 | 39,419 |
| Eulogio | 3,485 | 99,845 |
| Eusebio | 1,722 | 14,624 |
| Evaristo | 1,973 | 31,150 |
| Evia | 2,793 |
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 E.
You can also use our surname ranking tool to check how a name ranked in the 2000 and 2010 U.S. censuses.
