Abana

Usage: Spanish

Variant of Abano.

Abano

Usage: Spanish

Denoted someone hailing from Abano in Spain, a spa town whose name probably is related to the Celtic root ab meaning "water".

Abarca

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "leather soled footwear" from the Spanish abarca or "from Abarca, Spain".

Abascal

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "priest's street" from the Spanish abas "priest" and kale "street". It may sometimes be a variant of Abasolo.

Abel

Usage: English, French, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Abel.

Aberquero

Usage: Spanish

Variant of Abarca.

Acosta

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "coast", and orignally referred to a person who lived there.

Aiza

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Aiza is a surname of Basque/Spanish origin. It means "cliff" or "rock".

Alamilla

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Perhaps means "little Alma".

Albuquerque

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish

Derived from the Spanish town of Alburquerque, in the Badajoz province near the Portuguese border.

Alfaro

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Originally from the city of Alfaro, in La Rioja, Spain.

Alvarado

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by the white hill, or dry land", this is found in many a place name in Spain such as Albarado, Castile.

Álvarez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Patronymic meaning "son of Álvaro".

Alves

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the first name Álvaro.

Amador

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Latin given name Amator meaning "lover (of God)".

Antúnez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Antonio".

Aqua

Usage: Spanish

Means "dweller by water" from the Latin aqua.

Aquino

Usage: Spanish, Italian Extra: Statistics

It comes from the name of an Italian town near Rome and Frosinone: Aquino, the native town of San Tommaso d'Aquino (Saint Thomas Aquinas). In Italy it is a regional surname, not very popular. In Spain it originally became popular as a given name because of devotion to Saint Thomas, and from there became used as a surname.

Araújo

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Denotes a person hailing from one of the many areas that bear this name in Portugal.

Araullo

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish

Variant of Araújo.

Araya

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "from Araya, Spain". This town no longer exists.

Arce

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "maple tree" in Spanish.

Arechavaleta

Usage: Spanish

Means "from Arechavaleta, Spain".

Arena

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the name of several places. Means "sand" in Italian and Spanish.

Aritza

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Means "oak" in Basque. Famous bearer was King Iñigo Iñiguez Aritza, the first king of Navarre, Spain. The House of Aritza was the ruling house of Navarre from 824 to 1234.

Armando

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Armando.

Arreola

Usage: Spanish, Basque, Mexican Extra: Statistics

A variant of Arriola, found predominantly in Mexico.

Arriola

Usage: Spanish, Basque Extra: Statistics

Derived from any of the places named Arriola, from Basque arri "stone(s)" + -ola "place of", for example in the provinces of Gipuzkoa and Araba.

Asis

Usage: Spanish

Means "from Assisi, Italy".

Asturias

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the name of an old kingdom in Spain.

Avana

Usage: Spanish

Variant of Abano.

Banderas

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Denoted a person who carried a banner or a flag.

Barros

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the word barro meaning "clay" or "mud". Probably originated from an occupation of a person who worked with clay or mud, such as a builder or artesan.

Basurto

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Means "in the middle of the forest", from a region in Spain.

Bautista

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Latin name Baptista, which referred to John the Baptist.

Bello

Usage: Spanish, Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "beautiful" in Spanish and Italian.

Belmonte

Usage: Spanish, Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "beautiful mountain". Place in Calabria, southern Italy.

Bengochea

Usage: Basque, Spanish

Means "house furthest down" in Basque.

Benitez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Benito".

Bermúdez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Bermudo". Bermudo is from the Visigothic name Vermundo, of unknown meaning.

Blanco

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "white" in Spanish. The name most likely referred to a peson who was pale or had blond hair.

Bolívar

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From a Basque place name: boli = "mill", ibar = "meadow".

Bosque

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish form of Bosco.

Bustillo

Usage: Spanish

Derived from a diminutive of the Galician word busto "meadow" (also see Busto).

Busto

Usage: Spanish, Italian Extra: Statistics

Of locative origin, from the name of towns in Spain and Italy (there are two near Milan in northern Italy: Busto Arsizio and Busto Garolfo, colloquially called Busto Grande "large Busto" and Bustino "little Busto"). Busto is derived from Late Latin bustum "ox pasture".

Bustos

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Busto.

Cabello

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From cabello meaning "hair", used as a nickname for a man with a large amount hair.

Cabrera

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Place name meaning "place of goats" from Latin capralis which is derived from Latin capra "goat".

Campo

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

It is a locative surname used both in Spain and Italy. It means "field". It comes from various place names such as Campo Calabro (in Reggio Calabria), Campo di Giove (in Aquila), and Campo di Trens (in Bolzano).

Campos

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Portuguese and Spanish variant of Campo.

Cardona

Usage: Catalan, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the name of a Catalan town.

Caro

Usage: Italian, Spanish

From caro, that means "beloved" in Italian and Spanish.

Casales

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the Spanish word casal, meaning "farm house".

Castellano

Usage: Spanish

Means "a person from Castile" in Spanish. Castile (Castilla in Spanish) is a region (and ancient kingdom) in Spain.

Castillion

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Form of Castillo.

Castillo

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Originally indicated a person from Castile, a region (and ancient kingdom) in Spain. The name of the region means "castle".

Castro

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Means "castle" in Spanish/Italian/Portuguese, and referred to one who lived near a castle.

Chavarría

Usage: Spanish

Variant of Echevarría.

Chavez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the Spanish word llaves meaning "keys". It was a name for a key maker.

Colón

Usage: Spanish

From the given name Columba.

Costa

Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "coast or riverbank" in Italian, denoting a person who lived at one of those places.

Crespo

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Referred to a person with curly hair, from Latin crispus.

Cruz

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Spanish and Portuguese form of Cross.

Cuéllar

Usage: Spanish

Derived from the name of the town Cuéllar in the Segovia province of Spain.

Cuevas

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Comes from the Spanish word cueva which means "cave", cuevas means "caves".

D'Cruz

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish

Originated in 17th-century Spain and means "of the cross" in Spanish and Portuguese.

D'Cruze

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish

Variation of D'Cruz.

De la Cruz

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "of the cross", see Cross.

De la Fuente

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "of the fountain" in Spanish.

Del Bosque

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "of the forest".

De Leon

Usage: Spanish

Referred to someone that hailed from the Leon region of Spain.

Delgado

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Means "thin" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Del Olmo

Usage: Spanish

Means "from the elm tree" from Spanish olmo "elm tree".

De Santigo

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Santiago.

Díaz

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.

Dominguez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Domingo".

Duarte

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Duarte.

Durante

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From a nickname meaning "enduring" in Spanish.

Echevarría

Usage: Spanish

A variant of Echeverría.

Echeverría

Usage: Spanish

Derived from the Basque place name Etxeberria, which itself is derived from Basque etxe "house", berri "new".

Elizondo

Usage: Spanish

Means "a person who lives close to a church" from Basque eleiza "church", ondo "near".

Escamilla

Usage: Spanish

Derived from the name of the town Escamilla in the Gualadajara province of Spain.

Escárcega

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Basque place name Eskarzaga, which itself is derived from Basque hazkar "maple".

Escarrà

Usage: Spanish

Catalan meaning "left-handed".

Esparza

Usage: Spanish

Derived from the Basque place name Espartza, a town in the province of Navarre.

Espina

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "thorn", a name for someone who lived near a thorn bush.

Espino

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Espina.

Espinosa

Usage: Spanish, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the Spanish espinoso, meaning "thorny", ultimately from Latin spîna and spînosus, respectively meaning "spine" and "full of spines/spiny". Occasionally used as a Sephardic Jewish surname.

Espinoza

Usage: Spanish

A spelling variant of Espinosa used mainly in the countries in South America.

Estévez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Esteban".

Félix

Usage: French, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Felix.

Fernandez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Fernando".

Fierro

Usage: Spanish, Italian Extra: Statistics

Cognate of Ferro.

Flores

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Floro, Spanish form of the Roman Florus which meant "flower".

Fonseca

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Originally belonged to a person who lived near a dry spring, from Latin fons "well, spring" and sicca "dry".

Franco

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese

Cognate of Frank (1).

Fuentes

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "a spring, a well" in Spanish. The name is a cognate of Fontaine.

Gallego

Usage: Spanish

Means "a person from Galicia" in Spanish. Galicia is a region in northwestern Spain.

Gallo

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "cock, rooster" from Latin gallus. This was a nickname for a proud person.

Garcia

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Of unknown meaning, possibly related to the Basque word hartz meaning "bear".

Garza

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Spanish garza "heron" (a type of crane).

Gaspar

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Gaspar.

Gomez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish form of Gomes.

Gonzales

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Gonzalez.

Gonzalez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Gonzalo" in Spanish.

Guadarrama

Usage: Spanish

Derived from the name of the town Guadarrama near Madrid.

Guerra

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

From a nickname for a belligerent person, one eager to fight, or one engaged in warfare. It means "war".

Guerrero

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "warrior" in Spanish - an occupational name for a soldier. It is ultiamtely derived from the Germanic word for "war" werra.

Gutiérrez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Gutierrez.

Gutierrez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Evolved from the Spanish surname Gualtierrez, meaning, "son of Gualtierre". Gualtierre is a Spanish version of the Germanic name Walter.

Hernandez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Fernando" in Spanish.

Herrero

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Meams "iron smith", from Latin fer "iron".

Hierro

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish form of Ferro.

Holguín

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "to be happy, to enjoy oneself" from the Spanish holger.

Huerta

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish for "garden or small orchard".

Ibáñez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ibán", Ibán is a variant of Juan.

Ibarra

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Derived from the Basque place name Ibarra which, in turn, is derived from Basque ibar "a meadow".

Iñíguez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Inigo" in Spanish.

Jasso

Usage: Basque, Spanish

A variant of Jaso.

Jimenez (1)

Usage: Spanish

Means "son of Jimeno", Jimeno being the male form of Jimena.

Juárez

Usage: Spanish

A variant of Suárez.

Lobo

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Originally a nickname, means "wolf" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Lopez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Lope" in Spanish.

Losa

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Comes from the Spanish losa that is "tile, slab".

Loyola

Usage: Spanish, Basque Extra: Statistics

Comes from Basque loya that means "mud". This is the surname of Saint Ignatius, the founder of Jesuits.

Machado

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from machado "hatchet" and denoted a person who made or used hatchets.

Macías

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the personal name Mateo.

Maradona

Usage: Spanish

A locative last name coming from the name of a place near Lugo in northern Spain. Diego Armando Maradona is been one of the most popular soccer players. He is Argentinian.

María

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the given the name María.

Marino

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Marino.

Márquez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Marcos".

Martinez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Martin" in Spanish.

Mata

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by a plantation of trees" from the Old Spanish mata.

Maurell

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Means "little Mauro".

Medina

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the name of a Spanish city, whose name is derived from the Arabic word for "city".

Melendez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Menendez.

Méndez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Menendez.

Menendez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Menendo" in Spanish. Menendo is derived from Hermenegildo.

Merlo

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.

Mingo

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Domingo.

Moles

Usage: Catalan, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Mainly Catalan, from a nickname that means "millstone".

Molina

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "mill" or "windmill" in Spanish.

Montero

Usage: Spanish

Derived from Spanish monte "mountain".

Morales

Usage: Spanish

Derived from Spanish moral "mulberry tree".

Moralez

Usage: Spanish

A variant of Morales.

Moreno

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Narváez

Usage: Spanish

From the name of the town Narváez in Spain.

Nieves

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "snows" in Spanish. From the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de las Nieves meaning "Our Lady of the Snows".

Noguerra

Usage: Spanish, Catalan

Means "dweller by the walnut tree" from the Late Latin nucarius.

Núñez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish form of Nunes.

Obando

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

A habitional name for someone who lived in Obando in Extremadura province.

Ochoa

Usage: Basque, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From a Basque nickname meaning "wolf".

Ojeda

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller on the banks of the Ojeda river".

Ola

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Means "forge" or "shepherd's cabin" from the Basque ola.

Oleastro

Usage: Spanish

Means "(dweller by the) wild olive tree".

Olguin

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Holguín.

Olmos

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller by the) elm tree" from the Latin ulmus.

Oquendo

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "from Okendo, Basque Country".

Orellana

Usage: Spanish

Derived from the place name Orellana which, in turn, is derived from the Latin Aureliana "of Aurelius".

Ortiz

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Orti". Orti seems to be disputed in meaning deriving from either the Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong" or the Latin fortunius meaning "fortunate".

Palomo

Usage: Spanish

Derived from Spanish palomo "dove".

Paredes

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by the wall" from the Latin paries.

Pavia

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

A Spanish surname coming from the Italian city of Pavia south of Milano. Known especially for its old University.

Peláez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Pelayo", where Pelayo is a derivative of Pelagius.

Peña

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by a large jutting rock" from the Spanish peña.

Perez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Pedro" in Spanish.

Porras

Usage: Spanish, Catalan Extra: Statistics

From a nickname meaning "club".

Prieto

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From a nickname meaning "dark", referring to a person with dark hair or skin.

Puerta

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish form of Porto.

Puga

Usage: Spanish

Means "a thorn" in Galician.

Puig

Usage: Catalan, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller on a hill(ock)" from the Old Provençal and Catalan puy.

Quinones

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From various Spanish place names derived from quinon meaning "five". It indicated that the land was divided amongst five people.

Quintana

Usage: Spanish, Catalan Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller on a piece of land whose rent is one-fifth it's produce" from the Spanish and Catalan quintana.

Quirós

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Denotes a person from one of the various places of this name in Spain. Quirós, the place name, may derive from the Galician queiroa meaning "heather".

Ramires

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

A variant spelling of Ramirez.

Ramirez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ramiro" in Spanish.

Ramos

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller in a thickly wooded area" from the Latin ramus. This surname could also refer to someone connected with Palm Sunday in some way (French dimanche des rameaux).

Rana

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "frog" in Italian and Spanish. It is a from the region of Bari and Puglia. The surname exists also in Spain and South America but apparently is not very common.

Rendón

Usage: Spanish

Derived from the Spanish phrase de rendon "brave".

Rey (1)

Usage: English, Spanish, French, Catalan Extra: Statistics

Means "king" from the Latin rex, regis. Denoting someone who acted like a king perhaps.

Rios

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

It was a form of description for a person who lived near a river, from Portuguese/Spanish rios "river'.

Rivera

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Topographic name for a person who lived on a riverbank.

Rivero

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish form of Ribeiro.

Robledo

Usage: Spanish

Means "oak wood" from Spanish roble "oak".

Robles

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by the oak tree/forest" from the Spanish roble which in turn was derived from the Latin robur.

Rodriguez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Rodrigo" in Spanish.

Rojas

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "red" in relation to the complexion or hair from the Spanish rojo.

Rojo

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "red" in relation to their hair or complexion from the Spanish rojo.

Roldán

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the personal name Roldán.

Rosales

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "bed of roses" in Spanish.

Rubio

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Nickname for a person with red hair, from Latin rubeus "red".

Ruiz

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ruy" in Spanish.

Sala

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian Extra: Statistics

Means "worker at a manor house" from the Old French salle.

Salamanca

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "from Salamanca, Western Spain".

Salazar

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller in the old hall" from the Romance word sala meaning "hall" and the Basque zahar meaning "old". Can also refer to Salazar in Burgos, Spain.

Salcedo

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Latin word salix meaning "willow tree". The name was originally given to one who lived near a willow tree.

Salinas

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller by or worker at) a saltworks" from the Spanish salinas.

Sanchez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Sancho" in Spanish.

Sandoval

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name of a town in Spain, ultimately from Latin meaning "new forest".

San Nicolas

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "Saint Nicholas" in Spanish.

Santana

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

From any of the numerous places named Santa Ana.

Santiago

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish and Portuguese place name that described the man who emigrated from any of the several locations so-named, which got their names from the dedication of their church to St. James, the patron saint of Spain.

Santillian

Usage: Spanish

Meaning unknown, presumably a derivative of santos "saint". There are Santillians in Mexico and the Caribbean.

Santos

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Means "little saint" from the Latin sanctus.

Sastre

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Sartre.

Sepúlveda

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name of the Sepulveda valley in the mountains of Segovia, and was originally used to denote people from that region. It is possibly derived from Spanish sepultar "to bury".

Sierra

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller on a hill range, ridge" from the Old Provençal serre.

Silva

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From Spanish/Portuguese silva "forest".

Solos

Usage: Spanish

Possibly a variant of Solo.

Suárez

Usage: Spanish

Derived from Latin suerius "swineherd".

Suero

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from a Germanic given name, the first element is unknown, the second element is derived from heri, hari meaning "army".

Tapia

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

In Spanish Tapia means "protective wall" like the kind built to protect castles in medieval times.

Terrazas

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "from Terrazas, Burgos", the place name Terrazas means "terraces".

Torres

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Given to a person who lived in or near a tower, from Latin turris.

Tos

Usage: Spanish

Means "clean-shaven", usually denoting a younger man, from the Latin tonsus.

Travieso

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish variant of Travers.

Trujillo

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "from Trujillo (Cáceres), Trujillo (Seville), Spain".

Ubina

Usage: Spanish

Variant of Urbina.

Urbina

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "city dweller" from the Latin Urbanus.

Ureña

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Most likely derived from the name of Urueña, a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain.

Valdez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Valdo", which is derived from the Germanic element bald meaning "brave".

Valencia

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the name of the Spanish city, which is related to the personal name Valencia.

Varela

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Spanish vara "stick". It may have originally been given to one who used a stick in his line of work, for example an animal herder.

Vargas

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Topographic name meaning "hut", "slope", or "pastureland" in Spanish and Portuguese dialects.

Vásquez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Vasco".

Vázquez

Usage: Spanish

A variant of Vásquez.

Vega

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller in a) meadow", from the Spanish vega.

Vela (1)

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from a medieval given name Vela which was a reduced form of the Germanic name Vigila which is derived from the element wig "war".

Vela (2)

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "watchmaker".

Velazquez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Spanish first name Velasco, meaning "crow" in Basque.

Ventura

Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan Extra: Statistics

Comes from the Italian first name Bonaventura and the Spanish form Buenaventura.

Vicario

Usage: Spanish, Italian

Means "a vicar" in Spanish and Italian. Vicar is an ecclesiastic title, usually used to denote a representative of a bishop.

Victor

Usage: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the male given name Victor.

Victore

Usage: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Variant of Victor.

Villa

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "town" in Italian and Spanish. Originally given to a person who came from a town, as opposed to the countryside.

Villalobos

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "a person from Villalobos". Villalobos is a city in Spain which derives its name from from Spanish villa "town", lobo "wolf".

Villanueva

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller in a) new settlement" from the Spanish villa "settlement" and nueva "new".

Viola

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Viola.

Viteri

Usage: Spanish, Basque, Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "from Biteri, Basque Country".

Vives

Usage: Catalan, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Vivas.

Ybarra

Usage: Spanish, Basque

A variant of Ibarra.

Zambrano

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from a habitational name for someone "from Zamora", or a habitational name for someone of Zambrana, a town in the Araba province in Basque Country.

Zamorano

Usage: Spanish

Means "a person from Zamora", Zamora being the name of both a province in Spain and its capital city.

Zapatero

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Cognate of Zangari.

Zavala

Usage: Spanish

A variant of Zabala.

Zubizarreta

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

It is a Spanish surname of Basque origin. It comes from the Basque word zubia that means "bridge". It is well known in Europe because of the Spanish football player Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta.