This is a list of surnames in which the categories include Nicaraguan presidents.
AlfaroSpanish Originally denoted someone who was from the city of Alfaro in La Rioja, Spain. It is possibly derived from Arabic meaning "the watchtower".
CárdenasSpanish From the name of towns in the Spanish provinces of Almería and La Rioja. They are derived from Spanish cárdeno "blue, purple".
ChavesPortuguese, Spanish From the name of a Portuguese city, derived from the Roman name Flavius (being named for the emperor Vespasian, whose family name was Flavius).
GarcíaSpanish From a medieval given name of unknown meaning, possibly related to the Basque word hartz meaning "bear". This is the most common surname in Spain.
GuerreroSpanish Means "warrior" in Spanish, an occupational name for a soldier. It is derived from Late Latin werra "war", of Germanic origin.
GuzmánSpanish From the name of the town of Guzmán in Burgos, Spain. The town's name itself may be derived from an old Visigothic given name, from the Germanic elements *gautaz "a Geat" and *mannô "person, man".
MachadoPortuguese, Spanish Denoted a person who made or used hatchets, derived from Spanish and Portuguese machado"hatchet", both from Latin marculus "little hammer".