These are the most common Mexican last names beginning with L, ranked by how many people in Mexico bear them today.
Lopez is the fourth most common surname in Mexico. It’s also very prevalent in the United States where it ranked 12th in the U.S. census of 2010.
These 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 L
Let’s start with the alphabetical list of names from Labastida to Langarica.
Landa is the most common name in this section. The origins are Basque, with the word landa meaning a field or meadow. Early bearers likely lived near grassy lands.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Labastida | 1,244 | 33,695 |
| Labra | 1,662 | 16,824 |
| Lagos | 1,703 | 9,924 |
| Laguna | 704 | 6,088 |
| Lagunas | 527 | 4,966 |
| Lagunes | 730 | 22,978 |
| Lamas | 1,432 | 6,100 |
| Landa | 481 | 4,298 |
| Landaverde | 1,413 | 5,489 |
| Landero | 889 | 41,579 |
| Landeros | 588 | 3,295 |
| Landin | 1,279 | 7,093 |
| Langarica | 1,909 | 32,994 |
Mexican Names From Lara to Lazo
Lara is in the top hundred Mexican surnames, coming in exactly half way at #50.
Lara has Spanish origins, coming from the Latin lares which means “household gods”. The name is taken by several places, notably Lara de los Infantes in the Burgos region of Spain.
Early inhabitants like came from these places and assumed the name.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Lara | 50 | 381 |
| Laredo | 1,832 | 25,381 |
| Lares | 1,408 | 8,700 |
| Larios | 461 | 3,299 |
| Larraga | 1,120 | 51,610 |
| Lastra | 1,504 | 17,809 |
| Laureano | 1,579 | 7,088 |
| Lavariega | 2,095 | 64,388 |
| Lazaro | 360 | 3,922 |
| Lazcano | 647 | 10,935 |
| Lazo | 1,504 | 2,850 |
Mexican Names From Leal to Lezama
Leon is in the top one hundred Mexican names, ranking 60th.
The name is of Spanish origins with two meanings. It was likely conferred on people who lived in the kingdom of Leon in northwestern Spain.
The word in Spanish means a lion. So, some bearers were given it for their bravery or fierceness.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Leal | 214 | 969 |
| Lechuga | 754 | 6,500 |
| Ledesma | 488 | 1,768 |
| Ledezma | 533 | 3,659 |
| Legorreta | 1,360 | 32,900 |
| Leija | 889 | 5,293 |
| Lemus | 536 | 1,297 |
| Leon | 60 | 363 |
| Leos | 1,424 | 5,861 |
| Lepe | 1,304 | 8,458 |
| Lerma | 574 | 2,852 |
| Leyva | 142 | 1,351 |
| Lezama | 726 | 8,578 |
Mexican Names From Licea to Llanos
Limon is the highest name in this section. The name is of Spanish origin, with the word in Spanish meaning “lemon”.
Early bearers likely lived near lemon trees or sold lemons.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Licea | 1,349 | 8,860 |
| Licona | 700 | 14,096 |
| Lievano | 1,039 | 45,959 |
| Limas | 1,360 | 12,417 |
| Limon | 396 | 2,496 |
| Limones | 1,752 | 17,087 |
| Linares | 409 | 1,820 |
| Lino | 1,380 | 9,020 |
| Lira | 316 | 2,447 |
| Lizama | 1,050 | 10,777 |
| Lizarraga | 460 | 5,361 |
| Llamas | 517 | 3,275 |
| Llanas | 1,485 | 15,178 |
| Llanes | 1,133 | 7,888 |
| Llanos | 1,259 | 8,106 |
Mexican Names From Loaeza to Lopez
I mentioned Lopez in the introduction as the most common name in this overall list.
This is a Spanish name which literally means “son of Lope”. And Lope has Latin origins, the meaning coming from the Latin word for a wolf, lupus.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Loaeza | 1,120 | 51,610 |
| Loaiza | 1,662 | 11,114 |
| Lobato | 784 | 8,201 |
| Loera | 490 | 2,726 |
| Loeza | 820 | 24,531 |
| Lomas | 1,349 | 7,167 |
| Lomeli | 612 | 2,922 |
| Longoria | 1,168 | 2,025 |
| Lopez | 4 | 12 |
Mexican Names From Lora to Lozoya
Lozano is the most common name in this section.
The word in Spanish basically means good-looking and healthy.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Lora | 1,120 | 5,001 |
| Loredo | 657 | 4,530 |
| Lorenzana | 1,336 | 12,454 |
| Lorenzo | 472 | 2,024 |
| Loreto | 1,880 | 19,703 |
| Loya | 565 | 2,931 |
| Loyo | 1,556 | 47,521 |
| Loyola | 1,220 | 9,279 |
| Loza | 824 | 3,949 |
| Lozada | 484 | 3,969 |
| Lozano | 131 | 577 |
| Lozoya | 1,326 | 7,057 |
Mexican Names From Lucero to Luviano
Luna is another name starting with L in the top one hundred, ranking 49th.
The early origins are Latin, with the word meaning “moon”.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Lucero | 462 | 865 |
| Luciano | 971 | 3,486 |
| Lucio | 517 | 3,631 |
| Luengas | 1,973 | 36,204 |
| Luevano | 577 | 5,502 |
| Lugardo | 1,521 | 39,773 |
| Lugo | 187 | 913 |
| Luis | 330 | 3,827 |
| Lujan | 710 | 1,637 |
| Lujano | 1,380 | 14,119 |
| Lumbreras | 1,253 | 20,601 |
| Luna | 49 | 298 |
| Luque | 1,432 | 13,283 |
| Luviano | 1,485 | 17,131 |
Notes About The 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 L.
You can also use our surname ranking tool to check how a name ranked in the 2000 and 2010 U.S. censuses.
