Mexican Submitted Surnames

Castellon Spanish

Castor English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
From the given name Castor.

Castrejon Spanish
Habitational Name From Any Of Various Places Called Castrejón Especially In Valladolid Province Or A Topographic Name From A Diminutive Of Castro ‘Castle’ From Latin Castrum ‘Fort Roman Walled City’.

Catarino Spanish, Portuguese, Greek
Meaning "pure".

Caulin Spanish

Cava Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
From cava ‘cave’, ‘cellar’ (from Latin cavea), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in the wine cellars of a great house, a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a cave, or a habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word.

Cavas Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Plural form of Cava.

Cayetano Spanish

Cayetano Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Cayetano.

Cazares Spanish

Ceballo Spanish

Ceballos Spanish

Cebrián Spanish
From the given name Cebrián.

Cedena Spanish

Cedo Spanish

Ceh Mayan
From Yucatec Maya kéej meaning "deer".

Cehuanocatl Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl cehua "to be cold, cold weather" or cehualli "shadow, shade cast by something", combined with the suffix -catl indicating affiliation.

Ceja Spanish
From a common field name or a habitational name from any of various minor places called Ceja Yecla in Aragon.

Celda Spanish (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Modern, Rare)
The Spanish word for 'cell', as in prison cell.

Celedon Spanish
Spanish (Celedón): From The Old Personal Name Celedón From Celedonio From Greek Chelidonios ‘Like A Swallow’ Through Latin Chelidonius.

Celedonio Spanish
From the given name Celedonio.

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

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

Celino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Celino

Celio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Celio

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

Cendejas Spanish
Cendejas is a city in Guadalahara. It is short for Cendejas de la Torre.

Cenobio Spanish
From the given name Cenobio.

Centurión Spanish
Originally a nickname derived from Spanish centurión (ultimately from Late Latin centum) literally meaning "centurion". Historically, a centurion is a military officer who commanded one hundred men in an Ancient Roman army during the classical period.

Cepeda Spanish
A nickname for someone from the region where they grow vineyards.

Cera Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Sicilian
Metonymic occupational name for a wax seller, derived from Latin cera meaning "wax". A famous bearer of this surname is Canadian actor and musician Michael Cera (1988-).

Cerda Spanish, Portuguese
Nickname for a person with a prominent tuft of hair, derived from Spanish and Portuguese cerda meaning "bristle, stiff, coarse, short, thick hair", ultimately from Late Latin cirra.

Cerin Spanish (Latin American)

Cerpa Spanish

Cerqua Spanish

Cerrajero Spanish
Occupational name for a locksmith.

Cervante Spanish

Cervera Spanish
A name for someone coming from any one of many places called Cervera, coming from Late Latin cervaria, meaning "place of stags".

Cesar Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, French
From the given name César.

Cespedes Spanish
From the plural of cesped "peat", "turf" (Latin caespes, genitive caespitis), applied as a habitational name from a place named Céspedes (for example in Burgos province) or named with this word, or a topographic name for someone who lived by an area of peat, or possibly as a metonymic occupational name for someone who cut and sold turf.

Cesta Mexican, Italian

Cevallo Spanish

Cevallos Spanish

Chaboya Spanish (Mexican)

Chacon Spanish
Spanish (Chacón): nickname from chacón ‘gecko’.

Chaidez Spanish (Mexican)
Possible variant of Chairez.

Chaires Spanish (Mexican)
Possibly a plural form of Galician chaira "little valley or meadow" or chairo "flat" (way, terrain). Refers to a person who lived in such a place.

Chairez Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Chaires.

Chapa Spanish
An occupational name for a metalworker meaning "metal sheet", amongst other things. It may also come from the name of a place in Galicia, Spain, or the Basque word and oak bush, "chaparro".

Chaparro Spanish

Chapin French, Spanish
From a reduced form of French eschapin or Spanish chapín, a term for a light (woman's) shoe; perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker.

Chapiro Jewish (Ashkenazi, Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American), German
Variant and castilianized form of Shapiro.

Chapiro Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a variant of Chaparro.

Chapul Aztec, Nahuatl, Indigenous American
Variant of Chapulin.

Chapulin Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning grasshopper.

Charlo Spanish
From the personal name Carlos

Charlone Spanish

Charvel Spanish (Mexican)

Chavez Spanish, Filipino
Variant of Chávez.

Chavos Portuguese, Spanish

Chica Spanish
Apparently from chica, feminine form of chico ‘small’, ‘young’ (see Chico), but a variant of the habitational name Checa, from a place so named in Jaén province is also a possibility.

Chiclana Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Andalusian municipalities: Chiclana de la Frontera or Chiclana de Segura.

Chido Spanish
Likely given to someone who lived in a cold environment

Chieco Spanish
Derives from the given name Franciscus.

Chilavert Spanish (Latin American)

Chim Mayan
From Yucatec Maya chiim meaning "bag, sack".

Chimalhua Nahuatl
Means "has a shield, possessor of shields" in Nahuatl.

Chinchilla Spanish
Originally denoted a person from the Spanish town of Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón in the province of Albacete. The place name is possibly of Arabic origin.

Chinchón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Madrileño municipality.

Chincoya Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain.

Chino Spanish (Mexican)
From Mexican Spanish meaning "curly" or "kinky haired".

Chirino Spanish
Variant of Quirino.

Choquehuanca Spanish (Latin American)

Cid Spanish, Portuguese

Cifuentes Spanish
Habitational Name Probably From Cifuentes In Guadalajara Named From Spanish Cien ‘Hundred’ (From Latin Centum) + Fuentes ‘Springs’ (From Latin Fontes; See Font ) Because Of The Abundance Of Natural Springs In The Area.

Cintron Spanish
Spanish form for the french "Citroen". Original from Puerto Rico.

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

Ciria Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.

Ciriaco Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ciriaco.

Cirino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Cirino.

Ciro Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ciro.

Ciruela Filipino, Spanish (Rare)
From Spanish ciruela meaning "plum".

Cirujano Spanish, Filipino
Means "surgeon" in Spanish, used for someone who was a surgeon by profession.

Cisneros Spanish
Habitational name from Cisneros, a place in the province of Palencia, named with a derivative of Spanish cisne 'swan' (via Old French and Latin from Greek kyknos).

Citlalpopoca Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "smoking star" or "comet".

Claudio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Claudio

Clavel Spanish
Metonymic occupational name for a spice trader or a nail maker, derived from Spanish clavel or Catalan clavell meaning "nail", later also "clove", itself a derivative of Latin clavellus "nail".

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

Clores Spanish, Portuguese
Portuguese form of Flores

Coceres Spanish
Variant of Caceres.

Cocoba Mexican

Cocori Spanish

Codorniz Spanish
Spanish word for quail. From Latin cōturnīx, cōturnīcis.

Colegio Spanish
Literally means "college" in Spanish.

Colindrez Spanish

Collar English, Spanish

Colmenares Spanish
It literally means "apiaries", denoting someone who either worked at some or lived near some.

Colmenero Spanish

Coloma Spanish (Latin American)

Colomer Spanish

Colon Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Colón primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Colonia Spanish, Italian
Form of Cologne.

Comas Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)

Comica Spanish, American

Company Spanish

Concepción Spanish
Means "conception'' in Spanish, in reference to the Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary.

Concepcion Spanish (Filipinized)
Unaccented form of Concepción primarily used in the Philippines and America.

Conde Spanish
1 Spanish and Portuguese: “nickname from the title of rank conde ‘count’, a derivative of Latin comes, comitis ‘companion’.”... [more]

Condor Catalan (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)

Conejo Spanish
from conejo "rabbit" (from Latin cuniculus), presumably applied as a nickname with various possible connotations (big ears, timidity, etc.) or otherwise as a metonymic occupational name for a rabbit catcher or dealer... [more]

Conrado Spanish
From the given name Conrado

Consuelo Spanish

Consuelos Spanish

Contardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Contardo.

Contes Spanish

Coral Spanish

Corcovado Spanish
Means "hunchback" in Spanish. It would denote a person with a curved spine.

Cordero Spanish
Means "lamb" in Spanish, either used as an occupational name for a shepherd or a religious name referring to Jesus as the Lamb of God.

Córdoba Spanish
Indicates someone who was originally from the city of Córdoba (Cordova) in Andalusia, Spain. The name itself is derived from Phonecian Qʾrtuba meaning "Juba’s city", itself from Phonecian qʾrt meaning "city" and juba referring to King Juba I of Numidia.

Córdova Spanish
Variant of Córdoba.

Coreano Filipino, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "Korean" in Spanish and Portuguese, possibly an ethnic name or regional name for someone from Korea or who had connections with Korea.

Corimanya Spanish (Latin American)

Coris Spanish (Latin American)

Cornelio Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Cornelio. Cognitive of Cornell and Cornelius.

Coron Spanish

Corona Spanish

Coronado Spanish
from coronado "crowned" past participle of coronare "to crown" (from Latin corona "crown") applied as a nickname for someone who behaved in an imperious manner or derived from the village Coronado in Galacia.

Coronado Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic), Spanish (Philippines)
Means "crowned." This was possibly a nickname for one resembling a clergyman who has received the tonsure.

Coronel Spanish, Portuguese
Means "colonel" in Spanish and Portuguese, used as an occupational name for someone in command of a regiment.

Corpancho Spanish (Latin American)

Corral Spanish

Corrales Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations named Corrales in Spain, from Spanish corral meaning "coral, enclosure".

Corsino Filipino, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian
Diminutive of Corso.

Corso Italian, English (American), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Either derived from the given name Bonaccorso or taken from Italian and Spanish corso, denoting someone who lived in Corsica.

Corte Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese
From corte "court", applied as an occupational name for someone who worked at a manorial court or a topographic name for someone who lived in or by one.

Cortéz Spanish
Variant of Cortés.

Corvino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Corvino

Cossio Spanish

Coti Spanish (Latin American)

Cotija Spanish (Mexican)
Derived from a small town in Michoacán named "Cotija de la Paz". It is also known to be a type of cheese.

Coto Spanish, Galician
Habitational name from any of the many places named "Coto" especially in Galicia and Asturias. From coto meaning "ground".

Cotto Spanish
Variant of Coto.

Coutiño Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognate of Coutinho.

Covarrubias Spanish (?)

Covarubbias Spanish

Covián Spanish

Coyac Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl coyahuac "broad, wide" or coyoctic "a hole, something with a hole in it".

Coyote Mexican

Crescencio Spanish
From the given name Crescencio

Cresencio Filipino, Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Cresencio

Criado Portuguese, Spanish
Occupational name from criado ‘servant’.

Crisólogo Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
From the given name Crisólogo.

Crisóstomo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Crisóstomo.

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

Cristales Central American, Filipino, Spanish (Mexican, Rare), South American (Rare)
Plural form of Spanish cristal meaning "crystal."... [more]

Cristóbal Spanish
From the given name Cristóbal.

Cristófanes Spanish
Means "son of Cristóbal" in Spanish.

Crus Spanish
Variant of Cruz.

Cuadrado Spanish
A nickname for a thick man.

Cuaresma Spanish
It means "Lent".

Cuarto Spanish
Means "fourth" in English. It is derived from the Latin word "quartus," which means "fourth." The surname may have originally been used to denote a fourth child in a family or to indicate that the family lived on the fourth floor of a building.

Cuauhtemoc Nahuatl
From the given name Cuauhtemoc.

Cuautemoc Nahuatl, Aztec
Variant of Cuauhtemoc.

Cuautli Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl quauhtli meaning "eagle".

Cuba Portuguese, Asturian-Leonese, Galician, Spanish
habitational name from any of the places in Portugal (in the provinces of Alentejo and Beira Baixa) or Spain (in Aragon, Asturies, and Galicia) named Cuba, from cuba ‘barrel’ (from Latin cupa)... [more]

Cubero Spanish
occupational name for a cooper, from an agent derivative of cuba ‘barrel’, ‘tub

Cuello Spanish, South American
From Spanish meaning "neck". Could be a nickname for a person with a stiff neck.

Cuenca Spanish
Cuenca is an ancient Spanish last name which originated from Cuenca, a city in the Kingdom of Castilla.... [more]

Cuervo Spanish
Means "raven, crow" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin corvus. From a nickname for a man with strikingly glossy black hair or with a raucous voice. Alternatively, a habitational name from places containing this word (e.g. El Cuervo, Teruel).

Cuneo Spanish

Cunillera Spanish

Curiel Spanish

Curroto Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish surname with unknown origin. Uruguayan / Spanish singer Lucas Curroto has this surname.

Custodio Spanish
From the given name Custodio.

Cuzco Spanish

Dacosta Spanish

Dalier Spanish

Dalmau Spanish

D'Almeida Spanish, Portuguese, Indian (Christian)
Variant of Almeida more commonly used by Indian Christians.

Damián Spanish, Czech, Slovak (Rare)
From the given name Damián.

Damian French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Polish
From the medieval personal name Damian, Greek Damianos (from damazein "to subdue"). St. Damian was an early Christian saint martyred in Cilicia in ad 303 under the emperor Domitian, together with his brother Cosmas... [more]

Danta Spanish

Davila Spanish
Habitational name for someone from Ávila.

Daza Spanish
Derived from the Basque word "dazio", meaning "tax". It is a surname that is typically associated with the region of Navarre in Spain.

Dealava Spanish
Uruguay name

De Anda Spanish
Habitational name formed with the preposition de ‘from’ for someone from a town called Anda

De Armas Spanish
Variant of Armas.

Debain Spanish
Spanish surname.

Debelen Spanish
Likely from the Spanish word Belén, which refers to the nativity scene.

De Castro Portuguese, Spanish
Denoted someone who lived in a castle.

De Dios Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Means "of God" in Spanish.

De Guzmán Spanish
Means "of Guzmán" in Spanish.

Deimar Spanish

De Jesús Spanish (Latin American)
Means "of Jesus" in Spanish.

De Labra Spanish (Rare)
Spanish Surname With Origins From Asturias.

De La Calle Spanish
Means "of the street" in Spanish.

De La Calzada Spanish (Rare)
Means "of the causeway" in Spanish. This surname was likely given in honor of Dominic de la Calzada, a saint from Burgos.

Delacasa Spanish

Delacruz Spanish
Variant of De la Cruz.

De La Guardia Spanish
Variant of Guàrdia

De La Hoya Spanish
Means "of the hole" in Spanish.

De La Iglesia Spanish
Means “of the church” in Spanish.

De La Isla Spanish
Means "of the island" in Spanish.

De La Luna Spanish, Filipino
Means "of the moon" in Spanish.

De La Luz Spanish (Mexican)
Means "of the Light" in Spanish.

Delamadrid Spanish

De La Mora Spanish
"De la," in several Romance languages (including Spanish and Romanian), means "from." "Mora," in Spanish, translates to "mulberry."... [more]

De La Muerte Spanish (Rare)
Means "of death" in Spanish. Name given to a person who worked as a graveyard worker.

De La O Spanish
"O" is the archaic form of "Do" - apocope of "donde" - where, the personal name of a woman in the Hispanic world, and a French name of the twelfth century.

De La Parra Spanish
Means "of the vine" in Spanish.

De La Paz Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of De Paz.

De La Peña Spanish
Means "of the Rock" in Spanish.

De La Presa Spanish
Means "of the dam" in Spanish.

De La Reguera Spanish
Means "of the ditch" in Spanish, from Spanish reguera "ditch, irrigation ditch". Ana de la Reguera (1977-) is a Mexican actress known for her role as Sister Encarnación in the 2006 comedy film Nacho Libre.

De La Rosa Spanish (Latin American)
Means "of the Rose" in Spanish.

Delarosa Spanish
Means "of the rose" in Spanish.

Delascasas Spanish
Variant of Delacasa.

De La Sierra Spanish
Means "of the mountain range" in Spanish.

De Las Nieves Spanish
Means "of the snows" in Spanish.

Delassandis Spanish

De La Torre Spanish
Topographic name "from (de) the tower (la torre)", i.e. someone who lived by a watchtower, "from (de) the tower (la torre)".

De La Vega Spanish
Means "of the meadow" in Spanish.

Del Campo Spanish
Means "of the camp" in Spanish.

Del Carmen Spanish
Means "of Carmen" in Spanish.

Del Castillo Spanish
Means "of the Castle" in Spanish, referring to someone who worked in one.

Del Cid Spanish, Medieval Spanish
Likely refers to a person from any of the places called El Cid, using Spanish del, combination of de "of, from" and el "the".... [more]

De Lerma Spanish

Delfin Spanish
Meaning "dolphin" in Spanish.

Delfino Italian, Spanish
From the personal name Delfino, from Latin Delphinus, from delphis "dolphin", regarded in medieval times as a symbol of goodness and friendliness.

Delgadillo Spanish
Diminutive of Delgado.

De Lima Spanish
"de Lima" is the surname given to the people who lived near the Limia River (Lima in portuguese) on the Province of Ourense, an autonomous community of Galicia, located at the northwest of Spain. The root of the name is Don Juan Fernandez de Lima, maternal grandson to the King Alfonso VI de León (1040-1109).

De Lima Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of Lima.

Della Italian, Spanish
Likely derived from the Italian and Spanish word della, meaning "of the".

Dellavalle Spanish

Del Mar Spanish
Means "of the sea" in Spanish.

De Los Ángeles Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Spanish (Philippines, Archaic)
Means "of the Angels" in Spanish.

De Los Reyes Spanish
Means “of the kings” in Spanish.

De Los Santos Spanish
Means "of the saints" in Spanish.

Delpilar Spanish

Del Pueblo Spanish
Means "of the village" in Spanish.

Del Rancho Spanish (Mexican)
Name given to a rancher or someone from a ranch.

Del Rayo Spanish (Mexican)
Means "of the lightning" in Spanish. Primarily used mostly in Mexico.

Delringo Spanish

Del Rosario Spanish, Filipino
Means "of the rosary" in Spanish.

Del Rosario Spanish
Del Rosario, in Spanish and Italian languages, and do Rosário in Portuguese language (English: of the rosary) is a surname that has as its etymology, the Latin preposition, "de" meaning "of the" and the Latin noun "rosarium", meaning "rosegarden" or "garland of roses" but in this case, takes the meaning of "rosary", the Roman Catholic devotion to the Virgin Mary... [more]

Del Sol Spanish
Means "of the sun" in Spanish.

Del Toro Spanish
Means "of the bull" in Spanish, denoting a person who owns bulls or a tender of bulls.

De Luna Spanish
Means "of the moon" in Spanish.

Deluna Spanish

Del Villar Spanish
Means "of Villar" in Spanish.

Del Yando Spanish

Dema Spanish
1 Spanish: unexplained; it is associated with Uesca province, in Aragon.... [more]

De Mesa Spanish
Variant of Mesa.

Demetrio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Demetrio.

De Monroy Spanish

Denino Spanish

Denís Spanish, Galician
From the given name Denís.

De Ochoa Spanish
Variant of Ochoa.

De Paula Spanish
a Metronymic from the female personal name Paula and from a shortened form of Francisco de Paula a personal name bestowed in honor of Saint Francis of Paola

De Paz Spanish (Latin American)
Means "of Peace" in Spanish.

De Riviera Italian, Spanish

Derosa Spanish

De San Buenaventura Spanish (Archaic)
Means "of Saint Bonaventure" in Spanish.

De Santo Italian, Spanish
Mean “Son of Santo”.

De Santos Spanish

Descalzo Spanish
It means "barefoot"

Desiderio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Desiderio.

De Torres Spanish
Variant of Torres.

De Valera Spanish
Originally indicated a person from one of the two towns named Valera in the provinces of Cuenca and Badajoz in Spain. This name was borne by American-born Irish president and prime minister Éamon de Valera (1882-1975; birth name George de Valero, also known as Edward de Valera), who was born to an Irish mother and a Cuban-Spanish father.

Diaz Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Variant of Díaz.

Díaz de Sandi Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Diestro Spanish, Filipino
Means "right-handed" in Spanish.

Diez Spanish (Modern)
Son of Diego

Dimas Spanish, Portuguese, Greek
Derived from the biblical name "Dimas".

Diola Spanish
Derived from the given masculine name Andrea

Dionicio Spanish
From the given name Dionicio.

Diosdado Spanish
From the given name Diosdado.

Dominguez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Domínguez primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Donaire Spanish (Filipinized)

Donaire Spanish, Filipino
From Spanish el donaire meaning "grace,charm". It could be a nickname for a graceful or charming person.

Donaires Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Donaire.

Doncos Spanish

Donestevez Spanish

Donlucas Spanish

Dorado Spanish
From dorado "golden" (from Late Latin deaurare "to gild", from aurum "gold"), probably applied as a nickname to someone with golden hair.

Dosamantes Spanish

Dramis Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Not just a surname in Italy; it can also be found in Argentina and Brazil.... [more]

Duardo Spanish

Dueñas Spanish
From the name of a municipality in Palencia province, Spain, derived from Spanish dueña meaning "madame, mistress".

Duesa Spanish

Dufurrena Spanish

Duque Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Duke. from duque "duke" (from Latin dux genitive ducis "leader") an occupational name for someone who worked in the household of a duke or as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces.

Duranda Spanish

Durango Spanish

Durantez Spanish
From the given Italian name Durante.

Dzul Mayan
Mayan name from a term meaning ‘stranger’ also ‘gentleman’.

Echagüe Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Etxague.

Echavarry Spanish (Americanized)
Variant of Echeverri.

Echeverri Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Etxeberri.

Eduardo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Eduardo.