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Abreu Portuguese, Galician
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a given name that was of Germanic origin.

Alves Portuguese
Means "son of Álvaro".

Anaya Spanish
From the names of a few Spanish towns, possibly of Arabic origin meaning "stagnant water" or "path".

Antón Spanish
From the given name Antón.

Araya Spanish
Denoted a person from Araia in the Basque Country, Spain. It is of uncertain meaning.

Arias Spanish
Possibly derived from a medieval given name of Germanic origin.

Ávila Spanish
From the name of the city of Ávila in Spain. It is of uncertain meaning, possibly of Punic or Celtic origin.

Ayala Spanish
From the name of the town of Ayala (called Aiara in Basque) in Álava, Spain. It might be derived from Basque aiher "slope" or alha "pasture".

Bello Spanish, Italian
Means "beautiful" in Spanish and Italian, originally a nickname for an attractive person.

Bernardino Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Bernardino.

Borja Spanish
Originally indicated a person from the Spanish town of Borja in Aragon, derived from Arabic برْج (burj) meaning "tower".

Bravo Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "angry, bold, brave" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Bruno Italian, Portuguese
Means "brown" in Italian and Portuguese, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes. A famous bearer was the cosmologist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600).

Bueno Spanish
From a nickname meaning "good" in Spanish.

Busto Spanish, Italian
From the name of towns in Spain and Italy, derived from Late Latin bustum meaning "ox pasture".

Calvo Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Means "bald" in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, from Latin calvus.

Campo Spanish, Italian
Means "field" in Spanish and Italian.

Casal Spanish
From the Spanish word casal meaning "farmhouse, country house", ultimately from Late Late casalis, from Latin casa.

Casas Spanish
From Spanish casa meaning "house", of Latin origin.

Castellano Spanish
Variant of Castilla.

Colón Spanish
Spanish form of Colombo.

Costa Portuguese, Italian, Catalan
Means "riverbank, slope, coast" in Portuguese, Italian and Catalan, ultimately from Latin meaning "side, edge".

Cunha Portuguese
From any of the numerous places in Portugal called Cunha, possibly from Portuguese cunha meaning "wedge".

David um English, French, German, Welsh, Czech, Portuguese, Romanian, Jewish
From the given name David.

De la Fuente Spanish
Means "of the fountain" in Spanish.

De Santiago Spanish
Variant of Santiago.

Diego Spanish
From the given name Diego.

Durán Spanish
Spanish cognate of Durand.

Echevarría Spanish
Variant of Echeverría.

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

Félix French, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Felix.

Ferro Italian, Spanish
Means "iron", ultimately from Latin ferrum. This was an occupational name for one who worked with iron.

Gallo Italian, Spanish
Means "rooster", ultimately from Latin gallus. This was a nickname for a proud person.

Garza Spanish
Derived from Spanish garza meaning "heron".

Gomes Portuguese
From the medieval given name Gomes.

Gómez Spanish
Spanish form of Gomes.

Gomez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Gómez.

Guadarrama Spanish
Derived from the name of the town of Guadarrama near Madrid.

Jesus Portuguese
Derived from the given name Jesus.

Jorge Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Jorge.

Lopes Portuguese
Means "son of Lopo" in Portuguese.

López Spanish
Means "son of Lope" in Spanish.

Lopez Spanish
Unaccented variant of López.

Lucas English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch
Derived from the given name Lucas. A famous bearer of this surname is George Lucas (1944-), the creator of the Star Wars movies.

Magro Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "thin, lean", ultimately from Latin macer.

Marco Spanish, Italian
From the given name Marco.

María Spanish
From the given the name María.

Maria Italian, Portuguese
From the given the name Maria.

Marín Spanish
Derived from the given name Marino.

Mateo Spanish
Derived from the given name Mateo.

Matos Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of Mata.

Mejía Spanish
Possibly from a nickname derived from Spanish Mesías meaning "Messiah", from Latin Messias, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashiyaḥ) meaning "anointed".

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

Mingo Spanish
From the given name Domingo.

Monte Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian variant of Monti, as well as a Portuguese and Spanish cognate.

Morán Spanish
Spanish form of Morandi.

Muñoz Spanish
Patronymic derived from the medieval Spanish given name Muño, from Latin Munnius, possibly of Germanic origin.

Nieto Spanish
From a nickname meaning "grandson" in Spanish.

Nunes Portuguese
Means "son of Nuno".

Núñez Spanish
Means "son of Nuño".

Ochoa Spanish
Spanish form of Otxoa.

Ojeda Spanish
From the name of the Ojeda river in Soria, Spain, possibly derived from Latin folia "leaves".

Olmos Spanish
Variant of Olmo.

Ortiz Spanish
Means "son of Orti", a byname deriving either from Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong" or fortunius meaning "fortunate".

Otero Spanish
Means "hill, knoll, height" in Spanish.

Pardo Spanish
Means "brown" in Spanish, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair.

París Spanish
Spanish form of Paris.

Parra Spanish
Means "vine, trellis" in Spanish.

Pavía Spanish
Spanish form of Pavia.

Pérez Spanish
Means "son of Pedro".

Perez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Pérez.

Pinho Portuguese
Habitational name meaning "pine" in Portuguese.

Pinto Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Means "mottled" in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, derived from Late Latin pinctus, Latin pictus "painted".

Pires Portuguese
Means "son of Pedro".

Plaza Spanish
Spanish cognate of Piazza.

Ramos Spanish, Portuguese
Originally indicated a person who lived in a thickly wooded area, from Latin ramus meaning "branch".

Reyes Spanish
Spanish variant of Rey 1.

Rivas Spanish
Spanish form of Riva.

Rocha Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Roach.

Rojas Spanish
Variant of Rojo.

Román Spanish
From the given name Román.

Romão Portuguese
Portuguese form of Romano 1 or Romano 2.

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

Rueda Spanish
Spanish cognate of Royer.

Salas Spanish
Variant of Sala.

San Nicolás Spanish
Indicated the original bearer was from a place named after Saint Nicholas.

Santo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian form of Santos, as well as a Spanish and Portuguese variant.

Serra Italian, Portuguese, Catalan
Italian, Portuguese and Catalan cognate of Sierra.

Silva Portuguese, Spanish
From Spanish or Portuguese silva meaning "forest". This is the most common surname in Portugal and Brazil.

Simón Spanish
From the given name Simón.

Solís Spanish
From the name of a village in Asturias, Spain, derived from Spanish sol "sun".

Sousa Portuguese
Originally indicated someone who lived near the River Sousa in Portugal, possibly derived from Latin salsus "salty" or saxa "rocks".

Souza Portuguese
Variant of Sousa.

Suero Spanish
Derived from the given name Suero.

Tapia Spanish
Means "mud wall" in Spanish.

Ureña Spanish
Probably derived from the name of Urueña, a town in the province of Valladolid, Spain, which is of unknown meaning.

Vidal Spanish, Catalan, French
From the given name Vidal.

Vilar Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Means "hamlet, farm" in Portuguese, Galician and Catalan, from Late Latin villare, a derivative of Latin villa.

Villa Italian, Spanish
Means "town" in Italian and Spanish, from Latin. It was originally given to a person who came from a town, as opposed to the countryside.

Villalobos Spanish
Habitational name for a person from the town of Villalobos, Spain, which is derived from Spanish villa "town" and lobo "wolf".

Villanueva Spanish
Originally denoted someone who came from one of the various Spanish towns by this name, derived from villa "town" and nueva "new".

Villaverde Spanish
Originally denoted a person from one of the various Spanish towns by this name, derived from villa "town" and verde "green".

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