List of popular place names

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This List of popular place names is derived from the US FIPS55 place name database (158,000 US place names) and the US GEOnet name server database (5.6 million non-US place names).

  1. 1,716 San José (or San Jose)
  2. 1,691 San Antonio
  3. 1,246 Santa Maria (or Santa María)
  4. 1,212 Santa Rosa
  5. 1,191 San Pedro
  6. 1,166 San Juan
  7. 1,017 San Francisco
  8. 989 San Miguel
  9. 892 San Isidro
  10. 852 Esperanza (or La Esperanza)
  11. 824 Santa Cruz
  12. 762 San Rafael
  13. 648 Santa Rita
  14. 608 Santa Ana
  15. 605 Buenavista
  16. 571 Aleksandrovka
  17. 563 Buena Vista
  18. 545 San Vicente
  19. 542 Hoseynabad
  20. 540 Gradina
  21. 528 Mikhaylovka
  22. 512 San Luis
  23. 509 Buenos Aires
  24. 508 Ivanovka
  25. 507 `Aliabad
  26. 489 Kamenka
  27. 482 Quebrada Honda
  28. 477 El Carmen
  29. 466 San Martin
  30. 465 San Pablo
  31. 461 Ojo de Agua
  32. 461 San Lorenzo
  33. 460 Santo Domingo
  34. 459 Nikolayevka
  35. 457 La Laguna
  36. 451 Berezovka
  37. 444 Santa Barbara
  38. 443 El Porvenir
  39. 439 Santiago
  40. 433 Santa Isabel
  41. 428 Union
  42. 418 Santa Teresa
  43. 403 Cerro Negro
  44. 401 Santa Lucia
  45. 400 La Palma
  46. 390 Cerro Colorado
  47. 389 Santa Elena
  48. 388 San Agustin
  49. 388 Las Delicias

The data files were fetched on January 1, 2006.

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