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Abascal Spanish
Means "priest's street" from Basque abas "priest" and kale "street".

Abraham Jewish, English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch
Derived from the given name Abraham.

Aguilar Spanish
From a place name that was derived from Spanish águila meaning "eagle", ultimately from Latin aquila.

Aguirre Spanish
From Basque ageri meaning "open, cleared, prominent", originally given to a peron who lived in an open area.

Alberto Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
From the given name Alberto.

Alfonso Spanish
From the given name Alfonso.

Almeida Portuguese
Designated a person who had originally lived in the town of Almeida in Portugal. The place name is from Arabic ال مائدة (al māʾida) meaning "the plateau, the table".

Álvarez Spanish
Means "son of Álvaro".

Alvarez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Álvarez.

Andrade Portuguese, Galician
Possibly from the given name André.

Anselmo Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Anselmo.

Antonio Spanish
From the given name Antonio.

Antunes Portuguese
Means "son of António".

Antúnez Spanish
Means "son of Antonio".

Armando Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Armando.

Arreola Spanish
Variant of Arriola, found predominantly in Mexico.

Arriola Spanish, Basque
From Basque place names, themselves derived from Basque arri "stone" and -ola "place of, house".

Barrera Spanish
Spanish cognate of Barr.

Basurto Spanish
From the Basque place name Basurtu, a village (now part of Bilbao) in Biscay. It means "middle of the forest".

Benítez Spanish
Means "son of Benito".

Bolívar Spanish
From Bolibar, the name of a small Basque village, derived from Basque bolu "mill" and ibar "meadow". This name was borne by the revolutionary Simón Bolívar (1783-1830).

Cabello Spanish
Means "hair" in Spanish, used as a nickname for a person with a large amount of hair.

Cabrera Spanish
From various place names derived from Late Latin capraria meaning "place of goats", from Latin capra meaning "goat".

Camacho Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the Celtic root *kambos meaning "crooked, twisted".

Campana Italian, Spanish
Occupational name from Late Latin campana meaning "bell", ultimately derived from the Italian region of Campania, where bells were produced.

Capilla Spanish
Spanish form of Kappel.

Cardoso Portuguese, Spanish
From a place name meaning "thorny" in Portuguese and Spanish, ultimately from Latin carduus.

Cardozo Spanish
Variant of Cardoso.

Carmona Spanish
From the name of the city of Carmona in Andalusia, Spain. It is possibly derived from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤇𐤌𐤍 (Qart Ḥamun) meaning "city of Hammon" (the name of a Carthaginian god, see Ba'al Hammon).

Casales Spanish
Variant of Casal.

Castelo Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Castle.

Catalán Spanish
Originally indicated a person who came from Catalonia, a region of eastern Spain.

Collado Spanish
Means "hill" in Spanish.

Correia Portuguese
Means "leather strap, belt" in Portuguese, denoting a person who worked with leather products.

Cuéllar Spanish
Derived from the name of the town of Cuéllar in the Segovia province of Spain. It may be derived from Latin collis meaning "hill".

Da Costa Portuguese
Variant of Costa.

Delgado Spanish, Portuguese
Means "thin" in Spanish and Portuguese, ultimately from Latin delicatus meaning "delicate, tender, charming".

Del Olmo Spanish
Variant of Olmo.

Domingo Spanish
From the given name Domingo.

Escarrà Spanish
Possibly from Catalan esquerrá meaning "left-handed".

Escobar Spanish
Derived from Spanish escoba meaning "broom plant", from Latin scopa. It originally indicated a person who lived near a prominent patch of broom.

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

Esteban Spanish
From the given name Esteban.

Esteves Portuguese
Means "son of Estevão".

Estévez Spanish
Means "son of Esteban".

Estrada Spanish
Spanish form of Street.

Fonseca Spanish, Portuguese
Originally belonged to a person who lived near a dry spring, from Latin fons "well, spring" and siccus "dry".

Fontana Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish cognate of Fontaine.

Freitas Portuguese
Means "broken" in Portuguese, a name for one who lived on broken, stony ground.

Fuentes Spanish
Means "spring, well" in Spanish, derived from Latin fons.

Gallego Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain.

Garrido Spanish
Means "elegant, ostentatious" in Spanish.

Giménez Spanish
Variant of Jiménez.

Gonzalo Spanish
From the given name Gonzalo.

Gouveia Portuguese
From the name of the city of Gouveia in Portugal, of unknown meaning.

Guevara Spanish
Hispanicized form of Gebara. A notable bearer was Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara (1928-1967).

Herrera Spanish
Spanish form of Ferreira.

Herrero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Ferrari.

Hidalgo Spanish
Means "nobleman" in Spanish. The Spanish word is a contraction of the phrase hijo de algo meaning "son of something". This surname was typically in origin a nickname or an occupational name for one who worked in a noble's household.

Holguín Spanish
Possibly from Spanish holgar "to rest, to enjoy oneself".

Íñiguez Spanish
Means "son of Íñigo" in Spanish.

Iñíguez Spanish
Variant of Íñiguez.

Jiménez Spanish
Means "son of Jimeno".

Lorenzo Spanish
From the given name Lorenzo.

Machado Portuguese, Spanish
Denoted a person who made or used hatchets, derived from Spanish and Portuguese machado "hatchet", both from Latin marculus "little hammer".

Madeira Portuguese
Occupational name for a carpenter, from Portuguese madeira "wood".

Marques Portuguese
Means "son of Marcos".

Márquez Spanish
Means "son of Marcos".

Martins English, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Martin.

Mendoza Spanish, Basque
From a Basque place name derived from mendi "mountain" and hotz "cold".

Mercado Spanish
Means "market" in Spanish, originally given to a person who lived near a market or worked in one.

Miranda Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Spain and Portugal bearing this name, possibly derived from Latin mirandus "admirable, wonderful". A notable bearer was the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer and actress Carmen Miranda (1909-1955).

Montaña Spanish
Spanish cognate of Montagna.

Montero Spanish
Means "hunter" in Spanish, an agent derivative of monte meaning "mountain, wilderness".

Montoya Spanish
From the name of a village in the province of Álava in Spain. It is possibly of Basque origin, or possibly from Latin mons "mountain, hill".

Morales Spanish
Derived from Spanish moral meaning "mulberry tree", of Latin origin.

Moralez Spanish
Variant of Morales.

Moreira Portuguese
Derived from Portuguese amoreira meaning "mulberry tree".

Narváez Spanish
From the name of a town in central Spain.

Navarro Spanish
Denoted a person who came from Navarre in northern Spain (Spanish Navarra). The name of the region is of Basque origin, possibly from nabar meaning "brown".

Noguera Spanish, Catalan
Spanish and Catalan form of Nogueira.

Oquendo Spanish
Originally indicated a person from the town of Okondo in Álava, northern Spain, possibly derived from Basque ukondo "elbow".

Pacheco Spanish, Portuguese
Possibly from a diminutive of the given name Francisco.

Padilla Spanish
From various Spanish place names, derived from Spanish padilla, Latin patella meaning "shallow dish", used to indicate a depression in the landscape.

Palacio Spanish
Spanish cognate of Palazzo.

Pantoja Spanish
Originally indicated a person from the town of Pantoja, in Toledo, Spain.

Paredes Portuguese, Spanish
Denoted a person who lived near a wall, from Portuguese parede and Spanish pared meaning "wall", both derived from Latin paries.

Pascual Spanish
From the given name Pascual.

Pereira Portuguese, Galician
From Portuguese and Galician pereira meaning "pear tree", ultimately from Latin pirum meaning "pear".

Pereyra Portuguese, Galician
Variant of Pereira.

Quesada Spanish
Habitational name from Quesada, a place in Jaén in southern Spain. The place name is of uncertain derivation; it could be connected to Old Spanish requexada meaning "corner, tight spot".

Quijada Spanish
Means "jaw" in Spanish, a nickname for someone with a large jaw.

Quijano Spanish
From the name of a village in northern Spain.

Quixada Spanish (Archaic)
Old spelling of Quijada.

Quixano Spanish (Archaic)
Old spelling of Quijano.

Ramires Portuguese
Means "son of Ramiro" in Portuguese.

Ramírez Spanish
Means "son of Ramiro" in Spanish.

Redondo Spanish
Means "round" in Spanish, originally a nickname for a plump person, ultimately from Latin rotundus.

Ribeiro Portuguese
Means "little river, stream" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".

Robledo Spanish
Means "oak wood" from Spanish roble "oak", ultimately from Latin robur.

Rodrigo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Rodrigo.

Rosales Spanish
Means "rose bushes" in Spanish.

Rosário Portuguese
Means "rosary" in Portuguese. This name was often given to people born on the day of the festival of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Rosario Spanish
Spanish form of Rosário.

Salazar Basque, Spanish
From Spanish sala meaning "hall" and Basque zahar meaning "old". It can also refer to the town of Salazar in Burgos, Spain, which is of the same origin.

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

Salinas Spanish
Occupational name for a salt worker or someone who lived bear a salt works, from Spanish salina "salt works, salt mine", ultimately from Latin sal "salt".

Sánchez Spanish
Means "son of Sancho".

Sanchez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Sánchez.

Santana Spanish, Portuguese
From any of the numerous places named after Saint Anna. A famous bearer is the Mexican-American musician Carlos Santana (1947-).

Serafim Portuguese
Derived from the given name Serafim.

Serrano Spanish
Variant of Sierra.

Tavares Portuguese
From any of the numerous places in Portugal called Tavares, likely of pre-Roman origin.

Teodoro Portuguese
Derived from the given name Teodoro.

Vásquez Spanish
Means "son of Vasco".

Vázquez Spanish
Variant of Vásquez.

Velasco Spanish
Derived from the given name Velasco.

Ventura Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
From the given name Bonaventura.

Vicario Spanish, Italian
Means "vicar" in Spanish and Italian, an ecclesiastic title used to denote a representative of a bishop. It is derived from Latin vicarius meaning "substitute, deputy".

Vicente Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Vicente.

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