Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is Central American; and the pattern is *a.
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Jonda Spanish (Latin American, Japanized), American (Hispanic)
Jondá means Slingshot and hole in Spanish and is a surname in some Latin American countries and Americans with Hispanic heritage. It is a Japanized form of the surname Honda... [more]
Jordà Spanish
Derived from the personal name Jordàn
Jorquera Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.
Lacerda Portuguese, Spanish
Nickname for someone with remarkably thick or long hair, or with an unusually hairy back or chest. From Spanish and Portuguese la cerda ‘the lock (of hair)’.
Lacosta Spanish
Variant of Costa with fused definite article la.
La Cotera Spanish
Spanish variant for Hill and/or someone living in a slope, A "cota" in Spanish.
Laguna Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Laguna meaning "lake, pond" in Spanish.
Lana Italian, Spanish
Means "wool" in Spanish and Italian. Occupational name for a wool merchant.
Lanza Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Lance.
Largaespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Combination of Spanish larga, the feminine form of the adjective largo meaning "long," and espada meaning "sword." It is mostly used in Nicaragua.
Larrañaga Basque, Spanish
From the name of a farmhouse in Azpeitia, Spain, derived from Basque larrain "threshing yard" and -aga "place of, group of".
Lasaga Spanish, French, Basque
From Basque Latsaga, a widespread place name in Basque Country meaning "at the creek".
Lassaga Spanish (Latin American), French, Basque
French and Argentine Spanish form of Lasaga.
Laura Spanish
Of uncertain origin; in some cases, it is possibly a habitational name from a place named Laura.
Ledesma Spanish, Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), Galician
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Spain called Ledesma, particularly in Salamanca or Boqueixón, possibly derived from a superlative form of the Proto-Celtic root *ɸletos "breadth, side" or *ɸleitos "grey".
Licona Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Likoa in Basque Country.
Lobera Spanish
Either a topographic name from lobera "wolf pack" or "wolves' lair" or a habitational name from any of several places called La Lobera. variant of Lovera.
Lobosvilla Spanish
Rare variant of Villalobos.
Lorenzana Spanish
Habitational name from Lourenza near Lugo in Spain.
Losada Spanish, Portuguese
topographic name for someone who lived by an area paved with flagstones Spanish losada (from losar "to pave" a derivative of losa a word of pre-Roman origin meaning a "flat stone slab").
Lovera Italian, Spanish
Either a topographic name from lovera "wolf pack" or "wolves’ lair" or a habitational name from a place called Lovera. Spanish variant of Lobera.
Loya Basque, Spanish
From a location in Navarre, Spain, probably means "the mud", derived from Basque lohi "mud, mire".
Lozada Spanish
Variant of Lozano.
Lucía Spanish, Italian
From the feminine personal name Lucia, feminine derivative of Latin lux meaning "light".
Madera Spanish
describing someone who lived or worked in a forest. the word Madera means "wood" in Spanish. Spanish meaning of surname Wood
Magaña Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.
Maidana Spanish, South American
Likely derived from from Arabic ميدانا (maydanan) meaning "field".
Mairena Spanish
From place name Mairena.
Málaga Spanish
Habitational name for someone from Málaga, capital of the province of the same name in Andalusia.
Malta Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
habitational or ethnic name for someone from the Mediterranean island of Malta (from Latin Melita Greek Melitē).
Mansilla Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from Mansilla a place in La Rioja province.
Mantilla Spanish
Spanish: from mantilla ‘mantilla’, ‘scarf worn over the head and shoulders’, presumably an occupational name for a maker of mantillas or a descriptive name for someone who habitually wore such a garment.
Maqueda Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous localities: the Manchego municipality or the neighborhood of the Andalusian municipality of Málaga.
Marchena Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 4 Andalusian localities or 1 Murcian locality.
Marulanda Spanish
topographic or habitational name referring to a house named with maru 'Moor' + landa '(large) field prairie'.
Matarrita Spanish (Latin American)
Mostly used in Costa Rica.
Maya Basque (Hispanicized), Portuguese (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Portuguese Maia or of Basque Maia.
Mayorga Spanish
habitational name, taken on from the place name Mayorga in Valladolid province of Castile.
Maza Spanish
Occupational name for someone who carried a mace, either as a symbol of office or as a weapon.
Melgosa Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Castilian municipalities, Melgosa de Burgos or Melgosa de Villadiego. It could also indicate familial origin within the Manchego municipality La Melgosa.
Mencia Spanish
Derived from the female personal name Mencía Mencia a cognate of the male name Matías.
Mendosa Spanish
Variant spelling of Mendoza.
Menonita Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
From Spanish meaning "mennonite".
Mérida Spanish
habitational name from the city of Mérida in Badajoz province... [more]
Mesa Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain called Mesa meaning "table" or "mesa" in Spanish (referring to a flat area of land).
Mestanza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Meza Spanish
Older variant of Mesa.
Mezquita Spanish
Spanish cognate of Mesquita.
Minaya Spanish
From Minaya, the name of a town in Albacete province, Spain. According to the scholar Miguel Asín Palacios, the place name comes means "open and visible path" from Arabic. It has also been speculated that the place name has Basque origins, meaning "ore", "ore vein" or "asphodel pastures".
Moncada Spanish
A habitational surname, from Catalan Montcada, ultimately from monte "mountain" and an older variant of Catalonia.
Monterosa Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish monte meaning "mountain", and rosa meaning "pink, rose".
Montes De Oca Spanish
Spanish surname meaning "mounts of goose".
Montezuma Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the word monte meaning "hill". Most frequently used in Panama.
Montilla Spanish
Habitational name from Montilla a place in Córdoba province.
Moratalla Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Murcian municipality.
Morena Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From Italian moro or Spanish & Portuguese moreno meaning "dark-skinned".
Morera Spanish, Catalan
Means "mulberry" in Spanish and Catalan, denoting a person who lived near a mulberry tree.
Mosqueda Spanish
Mosqueda comes from the Spanish word 'Mosca' meaning house fly.
Mosquera Spanish, Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish topographic name for someone who lived in a place that was infested with flies or mosquitos from a derivative of mosca "fly" (from Latin musca)... [more]
Mota South American, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived by a fortified stronghold.
Murcia Spanish
Habitational name from the city Murcia.
Nájera Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.
Navarra Italian, Spanish
Means Navarre in Italian and Spanish; which was also the female equivalent to Navarro.
Negueruela Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous La Riojan ghost town.
Noceda Spanish
Spanish surname derived from the word "nocedal" meaning "field of walnut trees" it denoted a person who lived or came from such place.
Noriega Asturian, Spanish, South American
This indicates familial origin within an eponymous village.
Nova Spanish
From the Spanish word 'nueva' meaning "new".
Ocaña Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Oliva Italian, Spanish
Of uncertain origin: derived either from a nickname to those who picked, worked with or sold olives, or from the given name Oliva.
Olivera Spanish, Catalan, Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Hispanicized)
From Catalan olivera meaning "olive tree", essentially a Spanish form of Oliveira. In some cases a Castilianized form of Oliveira.
Oña Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Orona Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from a town of this name in Burgos province.
Osa f Spanish
It means she-wolf in spanish, and/or wolf in basque
Osegueda Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Oseguera chiefly used in Central America.
Oseguera Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Valle de Mena.
Osuna Spanish
Habitational name from a place in the province of Seville, named from Arabic Oxuna, perhaps named from Late Latin Ursina (villa) "estate of Ursus" a byname meaning "bear".
Oyuela Spanish, Western African
The surname Oyuela is likely of Spanish or African (specifically, West African) origin, with roots in both linguistic and cultural traditions.... [more]
Pacana Spanish
From pacana meaning "pecan", "pecan tree", a word of Algonquin origin. This surname is also found in the Philippines.
Pacheca Spanish, Portuguese
Matronymic variant of Pacheco.
Palenzuela Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Palma Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and southern Italian: habitational name from any of various places named or named with Palma, from Latin palma ‘palm’. ... [more]
Paniágua Spanish, Portuguese
Status name for a servant who worked for his board (pan "bread" and agua "water") and lodging.
Papa Tagalog, Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "pope, priest" in various languages.
Pardo De Tavera Spanish (Rare, Archaic)
In the case of Filipino physician Trinidad Pardo de Tavera (1857-1925), he came from a Portuguese aristocratic family of Pardo from Tavira (a town in Portugal). The family added the name de Tavera, meaning "of Tavira" to affix their place of origin, similar to Spanish noble customs... [more]
Pareja Spanish
habitational name from Pareja in Guadalajara province.
Pascua Spanish
From the personal name Pascual. It also means "Easter" in Spanish.
Pastrana Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Pedra Spanish
Feminine form of Pedro.
Pedraza Spanish
Refers to the blow received from a stone thrown intentionally to wound someone.
Pedrosa Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from any of numerous places named Pedrosa, from pedroso, pedrosa meaning "stoney", an adjectival derivative of pedra meaning "stone".
Peñaranda Spanish
Habitational name from places in Burgos and Salamanca named Peñaranda.
Peralta Catalan, Spanish, Aragonese
Habitational name from any of the places in Aragon, Catalonia, and Navarre called Peralta, from Latin petra alta "high rock". This name is also established in Italy.
Persia Italian, Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Persia (modern-day Iran) or some other country with Persian-speaking peoples or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with one of these countries (see the given name Persis)... [more]
Piedrahita Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Piedrahita in particular those in Ávila and Teruel.
Pita Spanish
Spanish and Portuguese: from Spanish, Portuguese pita ‘chicken’ or in some cases possibly from the plant pita ‘pita’, ‘American aloe’, presumably a topographic name.
Plasencia Spanish
habitational name from Plasencia in Cáceres province and possibly also a Castilianized form of a habitational name from Plasenzia the name of towns in Zaragoza and Huesca (Aragon).
Plata Spanish
Means "silver" in Spanish. Plata could be a habitational name from places in Toledo and Cáceres provinces named Plata, or various places named La Plata.
Pluma Spanish
From Spanish meaning "plume, feather". Occupational name for a scribe.
Portola Spanish, Portuguese, Romani (Caló)
Portola is Spanish and Portuguese for Port and is a Romani calo surname. People include Gaspar de Portolá, a Spanish explorer who was the first governor of Baja and Alta California and had many names after him in California cities and streets.
Póveda Spanish, South American
habitational name from any of the places called Poveda in the provinces of Cuenca Ávila Salamanca and Soria or from Póveda de la Sierra in Guadalajara.
Pradera Spanish
Pradera is a Spanish surname meaning "meadow".
Primavera Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "spring (the season)" in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Pruna Spanish (Rare)
Possibly a habitational name from a place so named in Spain. It could also be derived from Catalan pruna "plum".
Putipuerca Spanish
La vieja de Equi.
Quezada Spanish
Probably a variant of Quesada.
Raya Galician, Spanish
Possibly a habitational name from Raya in Galicia or in Albacete and Murcia provinces. Possibly a topographic name from Spanish raya meaning "line", denoting the boundary between two countries or provinces.
Reina Spanish, Portuguese
Either a habitational name from any of the places called Reina. Or most likely from the female personal name Reina 1 (from Latin Regina) otherwise a nickname from reina "queen".
Rentería Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Errenteria, the name of two towns in Gipuzkoa and Biscay provinces, Basque Country. Means "customs" in Spanish.
Requena Spanish, Catalan
habitational name from Requena in Valencia or Requena de Campos in Palencia apparently so called from a short form of the various Visigothic compound personal names with the first element rīc "powerful" with the addition of the locative suffix -ena.
Reta Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Erreta, a habitational name from a town called Erreta in Navarre, Basque Country
Reyna Spanish, Caribbean
This could be transferred use of the first name Reyna, a variant of Reina, which means "queen".
Ribera Catalan, Spanish
Habitational name from any of various locations in Spain named Ribera, derived from Catalan and Spanish ribera meaning "bank, shore".
Rita Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan
From the female personal name Rita, a reduced form of Margharita ‘Margaret’, chosen in particular in honor of a 15th-century Italian saint who bore the name in this form.
Rivadeneira Spanish
habitational name from a parish named Riba de Neira in Lugo province meaning 'bank of the river Neira' Neira being a tributary of the Miño.
Roa Spanish
Habitational name from the town of Roa (de Duero) in Burgos province, Spain.
Robleda Spanish
From Spanish meaning "oak grove".
Romaña Spanish
Habitational name from the Italian city of Romagna.
Rubalcava Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the town of Rubalcaba in Cantabria, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic الربع الخالي (ar-rubʿ al-ḵālī) meaning "the Empty Quarter", referring to the Rub' al Khali desert in the Arabian Peninsula.
Saavedra Spanish, Mexican
Derived from the place-name Saavedra and therefore signifies "descendant or son of one from Saavedra". The place-name Saavedra is located in the north western province of Lugo in Galicia, Spain and is believed to be derived from the elements "Saa" meaning "Hall" and "Vedra" (feminine) meaning "Old".
Saldaña Spanish
Habitual surname for a person from any of the locations in Spain named Saldaña. The name itself comes from the older name Gili-Zalan, which is of uncertain meaning.
Salvatierra Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Salvatierra (literally ‘save land’ denoting a place of strategic importance).... [more]
Samba Spanish
Spanish surname of unknown origin maybe from the same origin as the name for the dance. Omar Samba has this surname.
Santaella Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality at the coordinates 37°34′03″N 4°50′48″W.
Santamaría Spanish
Means "Saint Mary" in Spanish, used as a name for someone from any of various locations named after the Virgin Mary.
Santamaria Italian, French, Spanish
Italian and French cognate of Santamaría as well as a Spanish variant.
Santaolalla Spanish
From a Spanish place named for Saint Eulalia (See Olalla).
Santayana Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Spanish variant of Santana. This name was borne by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952).
Sardina Italian, Spanish, Galician, Mexican
From sardina Galician sardiña "sardine" used for someone as a catcher or seller of the fish or a nickname for a thin person.
Sequeira Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese variant and Spanish form of Siqueira.
Serbia Spanish
Unknown.. researching history of the spanish name that was first identify being used in Utado Puerto, Rico in 1790s by Fransico Serbia and Paula Serbia Filare
Sevilla Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Seville (or Sevilla) in Andalusia, Spain. The city's name is probably derived from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh) meaning "valley, plain" through Arabic إشبيلية (ʔišbīliya).
Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.
Sigüenza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Silvera Spanish
Spanish cognate of Silveira.
Silveyra Spanish
Topographic name from silveira 'woodland', a collective derivative of silva (see Silva ); or a habitational name from any of the places called Silveira in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces, Galicia, Iberia.
Sofia Spanish
From the given name Sofia.
Solana Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from solano 'place exposed to the sun'
Sonora Spanish
From Spanish sonoro meaning "sonorous", perhaps a nickname for a loud person.
Soria Spanish (Rare)
The Spanish last name, Soria, comes from a city in Spain called Soria
Sta Maria Spanish
Means "St. Mary"
Tafolla Spanish
Possibly a derivative of southern Spanish tafulla, tahulla, a term denoting a measure of land. The surname is not found in present-day Spain.
Tafoya Spanish
Possibly a variant of Tafolla.
Talavera Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places named Talavera, especially Talavera de la Reina in Toledo province.
Tardáguila Spanish
Tardáguila is a Spanish surname that is believed to have originated from the Basque region of Spain. The surname is a combination of the words "tarda", which means late, and "aguila", which means eagle... [more]
Tejada Spanish
Meaning "roof" or "lime tree."
Tejeda Spanish
Variant of Tejada.
Torralba Spanish, Catalan, Aragonese
Habitational name from any of several places called Torralba, named with torre meaning "tower" + alba meaning "white".
Tosta Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Rare)
Perhaps a variant or shortened form of Spanish Tostado. Also compare Italian Tosto.
Traspeña Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the locality of Traspeña de la Peña in the municipality of Castrejón de la Peña.
Trueba Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Castilian river.
Uceda Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Uñalivia Spanish (Rare)
Has no specific meaning but it was a rare spanish name
Urbaneja Spanish
Likely derived from Urban. This surname is most common in Venezuela.
Valbuena Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Valbuena for example in Valladolid Cáceres and Salamanca.
Valderrama Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places named Valderrama, as for example in Burgos province.
Valderrama Spanish
This surname is made up of the prefix "bal-" from latin "vallis," the equivalent of prefix "-valle" meaning a vale or a valley plus the Spanish "derramare" - to scatter or to spread. Hence, implies valley which is spread out.
Valdivia Spanish
Topographic or habitational name based on Spanish val, valle meaning "valley". A notable bearer was Pedro de Valdivia (died 1553), a Spanish conquistador who conquered Chile with a small expedition corps after he served under Francisco Pizarro in Peru... [more]
Valenzuela Spanish
Habitational name from places named Valenzuela in Córdoba and Ciudad Real. The place name is a diminutive of Valencia, literally "little Valencia".
Valera Spanish
Habitational name from either of two places in Spain named Valera.
Vea Spanish, Galician
Habitational name, principally from Vea in Soria province, but in some cases from any of four places with the same name in Pontevedra province, Galicia.
Verneda Spanish, Catalan
As a Spanish and Catalan surname refers to someone who lived where alder trees grew.
Villagra Spanish
Rare castilian surname, distributed throughout Spain with greater presence in Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid and Palencia.
Villalva Spanish (Rare)
Villa meaning "Town", Alva meaning "White"
Villanova Italian, Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places so called from Latin villa nova "new settlement" (see Villa) from the elements villa "town" and nova "new"... [more]
Villarrubia Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from Villarrubia (Córdoba) Villarrubia de los Ojos (Ciudad Real) or Villarrubia de Santiago (Toledo) so named from villa '(outlying) farmstead (dependent) settlement' (see Villa ) + rubia 'light red'.
Villeda Spanish
Probably from french.
Villoslada Spanish
From the village of Villoslada in Spain.
Viniegra Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Riojan municipalities in the Comarca of Anguiano: Viniegra de Arriba or Viniegra de Abajo.
Vinuesa Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Yerbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish yerba buena meaning "good herb"
Zambrana Spanish
Likely comes from a town of the same name in Spain.
Zamora Spanish
Habitational name from Zamora, a city in northwestern Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Berber azemur "wild olive tree".
Zapata Spanish
Occupational surname for a shoemaker, from Spanish zapato meaning "shoe". It can also be considered a habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain called Zapata.
Zaragoza Spanish, Aragonese
Habitational name from the province of Zaragoza in Aragon, from a Mozarabic form of Latin Caesaraugusta, named after Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus.
Zazueta Spanish
Probably a topographic name of Basque origin, from an unexplained first element + the collective suffix -eta 'place or group of'.
Zegarra Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Castilianized form of the Catalan Segarra.
Zuleta Spanish, Basque
Variant of Zulueta, which comes from the Basque topographic name 'zulo' meaning ‘hole hollow’ + the collective suffix '-eta' meaning "place or group of."
Zúñiga Spanish
Spanish form of Zuñiga.
Zurita Spanish, Aragonese
An Aragonese surname derived from the Stock Bird, a species of bird.
Zurita Spanish
Habitational surname from either of two places called Zurita in Huesca and Cantabria named with a derivative of Basque zuri 'white'
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