Mexican Submitted Surnames

Preciado Spanish
Past participle of the infinitive preciar meaning "excellent, precious, of great estimation".

Precio Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish meaning "price".

Préjano Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous La Riojan municipality.

Prevedini Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)

Primavera Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "spring (the season)" in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Príncipe Italian, Spanish
From principe "prince, heir" (Latin princeps, genitive principis, from primus "first" and capere "to take"), applied probably as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces or for someone in the service of a prince.

Prohens Spanish

Prudencio Spanish
From the given name Prudencio.

Prudente Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Prudente

Pruna Spanish (Rare)
Possibly a habitational name from a place so named in Spain. It could also be derived from Catalan pruna "plum".

Puello Spanish

Puente Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named Puente, from puente ‘bridge’.

Puentes Spanish
Means "bridges" in Spanish. Originated from "puente". The surname was first found in the valley of the Trucios in the Basque region of Spain.However, families with this surname have been present in Catalonia for hundreds of years... [more]

Puerto Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named Puerto, in most cases from puerto ‘harbor’ (from Latin portus ‘harbor’, ‘haven’).

Pulido Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Thought to have come through Cuba and Puerto Rico from Burgos, the capital of Castile in northern Spain in the 16th century. The name likely originated there in the 11th century. It means neat, polished, and clean.

Pulinario Spanish (Latin American)

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

Putipuerca Spanish
La vieja de Equi.

Quezada Spanish
Probably a variant of Quesada.

Quian Filipino, Spanish (Latin American)

Quiñónez Spanish
Variant of Quiñones.

Quintanilla Spanish (Latin American)

Quintero Spanish
Habitational name from a location in Galicia named Quintero, from Galician quinteiro meaning "farmstead, square, plaza". Alternately, it may be derived from Spanish quinto meaning "fifth", possibly used as a name for a renter of quintas (a type of wine-growing estate).

Quinto Aragonese, Spanish, Catalan, Italian
Habitational surname for a person from a place called Quinto, for example in Zaragoza province. However, the high concentration of the surname in Alacant province suggests that, in some cases at least, it may derive from the personal name Quinto (from Latin Quintus denoting the fifth-born child or Catalan quinto "young soldier").... [more]

Quirino Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Quirino.

Quiroz Spanish
Variant of Quirós.

Rabago Spanish
Habitational name from Rábago in Cantabria province.

Rabagos Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Rabago.

Rabaneda Spanish

Raia Galician, Spanish
Variant of Raya.

Raigon Spanish

Raij Spanish, Judeo-Spanish, Portuguese, Romani (Caló)
Borrowed from Hindi राइज (raij) meaning "rice". This surname is found among Christian and Jewish Caló families.

Raijman Spanish

Raimundez Spanish
Means "son of Raimundo" in Spanish.

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

Ramón Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
From the given name Ramón.

Ramone Spanish (Anglicized), Portuguese (Anglicized), Catalan (Anglicized)
From Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan Ramón, from the personal name Ramón or Ramon, of Germanic origin (see Raymond).

Ramus Spanish

Rangel German, Spanish, Portuguese
A variant of Rengel. This name is also found in Portugal.

Rascon Spanish
Possibly a nickname for Rascón, meaning “sharp”, “sour”, or “rail (the bird)”

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.

Raymundo Spanish
From the given name Raymundo.

Real Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician
Either a habitational name from any of numerous places called Real; those in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal being named from real "royal" or as variant of Rial while those in southern Spain and Catalonia are named in part from real meaning "encampment rural property" (Arabic raḥāl "farmhouse cabin")... [more]

Rebolledo Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Rebolledo for example Rebolledo de la Torre in Burgos from rebollo denoting a species of oak.

Regalado Spanish, Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
Means "gifted", "pleasant", or "capable".

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".

Reinoso Spanish
Meaning "place of fields".

Remigio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Remigio

Rengel Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Rengel in Málaga province.

Rentería Spanish
Spanish Castilianized variant of Basque Errenteria, habitational name from either of the two Basque towns called Errenteria in Gipuzkoa and Biscay provinces, Basque Country.

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.

Resano Spanish, Central American

Resende Spanish
Variant of Resendez

Resendes Spanish
Variant of Reséndez

Reséndez Spanish
Means "son of Resendo"

Resendez Spanish
Variant of Reséndez

Resendis Spanish
Variant of Reséndez

Resendiz Spanish
Variant of Resendez

Resurrección Spanish
A nickname for someone who had resurrected from the dead.

Reta Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Erreta, a habitational name from a town called Erreta in Navarre, Basque Country

Reyez Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Reyes.

Reyna Spanish
This could be transferred use of the first name Reyna, a variant of Reina, which means "queen".

Reynaga Spanish (Mexican)

Reynaldez Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Means "son of Reynaldo" in Spanish.

Reynals Spanish (Rare)
Variant from Spanish word Rey "king". Most likely referred to the royalty. Variant of Reynolds.

Reynoso Spanish
Variant of Reinoso.

Rezende Spanish
Variant of Rezendes

Rezendes Spanish
Variant of Resendez

Rezendez Spanish
Variant of Reséndez

Rialta Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Riaño Spanish

Ribas Spanish
Variant of Rivas.

Ribera Catalan, Spanish
Habitational name from any of various locations in Spain named Ribera, derived from Catalan and Spanish ribera meaning "bank, shore".

Ricardez Spanish
Means "Son of Ricardo". Spanish form of Richardson.

Ricardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ricardo

Ricario Spanish
Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic): from the personal name Ricardo ( see Richard ).

Rikke English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Scottish, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Old Celtic, African, Romanian, Serbian, Croatian, Estonian, Slovak, Slovene, Latvian, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Hindi, Persian, Turkish, Swahili
From given name Rikke

Rio Spanish, French

Riquelme Spanish
Spanish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements rīc 'power(ful)' + helm 'helmet protection'.

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.

Rito Spanish, Portuguese

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.

Riveira Spanish

Rivera-gutorow Spanish, Polish
Mexico... [more]

Riveri Spanish

Riviera Italian, Spanish

Roa Spanish
Habitational name from the town of Roa (de Duero) in Burgos province, Spain.

Roberto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Roberto

Robleda Spanish
From Spanish meaning "oak grove".

Rocamontes Spanish

Rochez Spanish (?)

Roel Spanish
Habitational name.

Rogelio Spanish
From the given name Rogelio.

Roja Spanish

Rojan Spanish
Variant of Rojas.

Rojos Spanish

Romagosa Spanish

Romána Spanish, Hungarian (Rare)
Feminine form of Román.

Romaña Spanish
Habitational name from the Italian city of Romagna.

Romello Spanish (Latin American)

Romo Spanish
Derived from latin (rhombus) meaning obtuse, blunt.

Ron Spanish, Galician
Habitational name from a town called Ron in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.

Roncesvalles Spanish
The name of a village in Navarre (Spain) where there was a Priory of Saint Mary of which the Hospital of Our Lady of Rouncevale at Charing Cross London was a cell.

Rongavilla Spanish

Roño Spanish
masculine form of roña which means dirt

Ros Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Valle de Santibáñez.

Rosado Spanish
Derived from the Spanish word rosa, meaning "rose".

Rosal Filipino, Spanish

Rosas Spanish, Catalan
Variants of Rosa or Rosales.

Rosillo Spanish, Caribbean

Rovelo Spanish

Ruacho Spanish (Mexican)
Possibly from rúa, "street".

Rubalcaba Spanish
Variant of Rubalcava.

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.

Rueda Spanish
Derived from the Spanish word "rueda" meaning "wheel."

Rufio Spanish (Mexican)

Rugamas Spanish, Central American

Ruidíaz Spanish

Ruldio Spanish (Latin American)
Unknown, possibly a Spanish variant of "radio".

Rulfo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)

Saavedra Spanish
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".

Sablan Spanish
Of Savoy.

Sacasas Spanish
Have researched the surname Sacasas, and have narrowed the usage down to four countries the name has been used in. Spain, Cuba, the United States and Philippines. The uncommonality of the last name and the fact that three of those countries were at one point or another colonized by Spain has led me to theorize Spanish origin.

Sacramento Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning "sacrament" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Sáenz Spanish
Patronymic from an unidentified personal name, possibly from Sancho.

Saez French, Spanish

Sagrado Spanish

Sahagún Spanish
Habitational name from Sahagùn in Lleón province.

Sainz Spanish
A variation of the surname Sáenz, derived from the extremely popular medieval given name Sancho... [more]

Saiz Spanish
Variant of Sáez.

Salas Spanish, Galician, Aragonese, Portuguese, Catalan, Asturian
Habitational name from places named with salas, plural form of sala, meaning "room, hall" in Spanish and Asturian. Also an anglicized form of the Hungarian name SZÁLAS "tall".

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.

Saldano Spanish

Saldías Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Saldívar Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Zaldibar, a habitational name from a place so named in Biscay province. The place name is of uncertain derivation: it may be from zaldu ‘wood’, ‘copse’ or from zaldi ‘horse’ + ibar ‘water meadow’, ‘fertile plain’.

Salguero Spanish
Means "willow tree" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin salix. It was either a topographic name for someone who lived near willow trees or a habitational name for someone from the city of Salguero in Burgos, Spain (also derived from this word).

Salizar Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Salazar.

Salla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Romanian
Variant of Sala.

Sallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Greek
Either a variant of Salas or Sala, or else a nickname from Arabic, Turkish, or Persian salli meaning "broad, wide, large, tall".

Salmerón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Murcian volcano.

Salomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Salomón.

Salvatierra Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Salvatierra (literally ‘save land’ denoting a place of strategic importance).... [more]

Salvín Spanish

Samba Spanish
Spanish surname of unknown origin maybe from the same origin as the name for the dance. Omar Samba has this surname.

Sampedro Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
habitational name from any of several places especially in Galicia so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter; variant of San Pedro.

San Spanish

Sanabria Spanish (?)

Sanabria Spanish
Spanish cognate of Seabra.

San Agustín Spanish (Mexican)
Means "Saint Augustine 1" in Spanish.

San Andrés Spanish
Means "Saint Andrew" in Spanish.

Sanchas Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)

Sanchis Spanish

Sánchiz Spanish
Variant of Sánchez.

Sandia Spanish (Latin American)

Sandrino Spanish (Rare)

San Francisco Spanish
In honor of Saint Francis.

San Germán Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Means "Saint Germanus" in Spanish.

San Jorge Spanish
“St George”

San José Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called San José, so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Joseph (San José).

San Juan Spanish
Means "Saint John", derived from Spanish santo "saint" combined with Juan 1. This is a habitational name for a person from any of various places called San Juan, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint John (San Juan).

Sanjurjo Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From Any Of Numerous Places In Galicia (Spain) Named Sanjurjo For A Local Church Or Shrine Dedicated To Saint George

San Luis Spanish
In honor of Saint Louis.

San Martín Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places named San Martín, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Martin (San Martín).

San Martín Spanish
(San Martín; also Sanmartín): habitational name from any of numerous places so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Martin (Spanish San Martín).

San Miguel Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to St. Michael (San Miguel).

Sanoguet Spanish

San Pedro Spanish
Means Saint Peter in Spanish

San Román Spanish
San Roman refers to a family line of Spanish and Italian origin. The term San Roman in Spanish or Castilian refers to ' St. Roman ' and the name is a habitual name from any of the persons from the local church or shrines of Saint Roman.

Sanroman Spanish
San Roman refers to a family line of Spanish and Italian origin. The term San Roman in Spanish or Castilian refers to ' St. Roman ' and the name is a habitual name from any of the persons from the local church or shrines of Saint Roman.

Santacruz Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called with Santa Cruz 'the Holy Cross' from the dedication of a local church or shrine from santa 'holy' + cruz 'cross'.

Santaella Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality at the coordinates 37°34′03″N 4°50′48″W.

Santa María Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Santamaría.

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.

Santander Spanish
From the toponymy, it is discussed whether Santander is a derivation of San Emeterio or San Andrés. Due to the proximity of the Basque country (Ander = Andrés) and the tenor of some ancient texts, it can be concluded that it refers to San Andrés... [more]

Santaolalla Spanish

Santas Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Possibly a nickame for someone born on All Saint's Day.

Santayana Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Spanish variant of Santana. This name was borne by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952).

Santelices Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality of the municipality of Merindad de Valdeporres.

Santellan Spanish

Santibáñez Spanish

Santiesteban Spanish
Variant of Santisteban

Santillan Spanish

Santisteban Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Santisteban or Santesteban (from the Latin genitive form Sancti Stephani) for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Stephen.

Santistevan Spanish
Status of nobility

Santistevan Spanish
Variant of Santistevan

Santostefano Spanish
Habitational name of numerous churches dedicated to Saint Stephen

Sanx Spanish
A variation of the surname Sáenz, derived from the popular medieval given name Sancho. This given name was originally derived from the Latin name Sanctius a derivative of the Latin word 'sanctus', meaning 'holy'... [more]

Sarcos Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

Sard English, French, Spanish, Italian
In the book surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary by Henry Harrison and Gyda (Pulling) Harrison 1912 - Reprinted 1996. The Sard surname (which has been in England, Italy and Europe for a long time) is defined thus on page 136.... [more]

Sardina Italian, Spanish, Galician
From sardina Galician sardiña "sardine" used for someone as a catcher or seller of the fish or a nickname for a thin person.

Sargento Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
Spanish and Portuguese form of Sergeant. It's also mostly used in the Philippines.

Sarmiento Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
From Latin sarmentum meaning "vine shoot."

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

Saturno Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Spanish
Descendant of Saturn.

Saucedo Spanish
Variant of Salcedo

Savillón Spanish (?)

Saviñón Spanish
Probably of French origin, an altered form of Savignon which is from a pet form of the personal name Savin or a habitational name from place called Savignon in Ardèche.

Savinon Spanish

Saza Spanish (Latin American)

Schaal German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Jewish
Either a nickname for a braggart or a market crier, (derived from Middle High German schal meaning "noise, bragging"), an occupational name for someone who made dishes for scales and vessels for drinking, (from Middle Low German and Dutch schale "dish"), a habitational name from Schaala in Thuringia or the Schaalsee lake near Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, or a topographic name for someone living on marshy land, (from Dutch schald "shallow")... [more]

Sebastián Spanish
From the given name Sebastián.

Segovia Spanish

Segoviano Spanish
One who came from Segovia, a region from Spain.

Segui Spanish

Segundo Spanish
From the given name Segundo.

Segura Spanish, Catalan, American (Hispanic)
Derived from Spanish segura "safe, secure".

Seisdedos Spanish

Seminario Spanish (Latin American)
Means "seminar" in Spanish, likely denoting an academic person. Miguel Grau Seminario (1834-1879) was the most renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the naval battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific

Sendra Spanish

Sepeda Spanish
Variant of Cepeda

Sepúlvado Spanish
Variant of Sepúlveda.

Sequeira Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese variant and Spanish form of Siqueira.

Serafín Spanish, Galician
From the given name Serafín.

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

Seres Spanish (Latin American)

Serote Spanish (Filipinized)
Means fecal matter in Spanish

Serpas Mexican

Servantes Spanish
Variant of Cervantes.

Servín Spanish (Mexican)

Severiano Spanish
From the given name Severiano

Severino Italian, Spanish

Severo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Severo

Sevilla Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Seville (or Sevilla) in Andalusia, Spain. The city's name is probably derived from Phoenician šplh meaning "valley, plain" through Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة‎ (ʾišbīliya).

Sevillano Spanish
habitational name for someone from Seville. Variant of Sevilla

Seville Spanish, English
a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain. Synonyms: Sevilla Example of: city, metropolis, urban center. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts... [more]

Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.

Sidone Spanish (Latin American)

Sifuentes Spanish (Latin American)

Sigil Turkish, Spanish (Latin American)

Sigüenza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Silba Spanish (Latin American)

Silvela Spanish

Silverio Spanish, Galician, Italian
From the given name Silverio

Silvestre Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Silvestre.

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.

Simancas Spanish
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 places: the municipality in the Comarca of Campiña del Pisuerga or the administrative neighborhood of the Madrid district of San Blas-Canillejas.

Simpliciano Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Simpliciano

Simplicio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Simplicio

Sinchi m Spanish

Sobalvarro Spanish
Sobalvarro/Sobalbarro is a surname with known origins in the Iberian Peninsula. The first record of the name appears in the Basque regions of Spain. The name was purportedly constructed by combining the family name of Soba with the newly given Christian name, Alvarro.

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Sofia Spanish
From the given name Sofia.

Solalinde Spanish

Solana Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from solano 'place exposed to the sun'

Solano Spanish, Aragonese
From various Spanish place names, which are derived from Spanish solano meaning "place exposed to the sun" (from Late Latin solanus "pertaining to the sun", a derivative of sol "sun")... [more]

Solar Spanish (Rare), Catalan, Aragonese, Asturian
Spanish, Catalan, Aragonese, and Asturian-Leonese: topographic name from Latin solarius ‘ancestral home’ (a derivative of solum ‘ground’, ‘floor’), perhaps denoting someone who lived near or at the house of an important family.

Solíz Spanish
Variant of Solís.

Solomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Solomón.

Solorio Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Sierra de Solorio mountain range that straddles Aragon, La Mancha, & Old Castile.

Solórzano Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the municipality of Solórzano in Cantabria, Spain.

Somoano Spanish

Somoza Spanish

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

Soriano Spanish
Habitational sephardic name for someone from Soria in Castile, from the adjective soriano 'from Soria'.

Sotelo Spanish
From any of various places in Galicia named Soutelo, derived from Galician souto meaning "grove, plantation".

Sotero Galician, Spanish (?)
From the given name Sotero

Sotomayor Spanish
Castilianized form of Soutomaior.

Spain English, Spanish (Anglicized)
Derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spain.' A very early incomer.

Spoltore Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Sta Maria Spanish
Means "St. Mary"

Suares Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Suárez.

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

Suazo Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Basque
"Castilianized form of Basque Zuhatzu, habitational name from places in Araba and Navarre named Zuhatzu, from Basquezu(h)aitz‘tree’ + the collective suffix -zu, tsu."... [more]

Subercaseaux French, Spanish (Latin American)
The Subercaseaux family is a Chilean family of French descent. They became well known during the 19th century due to their wealth amassed in Norte Chico. They have played a very significant role in Chilean mining, winemaking, politics and arts.

Sudan Arabic, Italian, Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Sudan or who had traded with Sudan. The name of the country is ultimately derived from Arabic سُود (sud) meaning "black", referring to the darker skin of the inhabitants.

Suleimanez Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Occitan
Spanish Form of Suleiman.

Sultán Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sultan.

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Sumrall Spanish

Tabares Spanish
Spanish form of Tavares.

Tabernero Spanish
Tabernero is a Spanish-language occupational surname literally meaning "tavern keeper".

Tacen Spanish (Latin American)

Tadeo Spanish
From the given name Tadeo

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.

Taiani Spanish

Talamantes Spanish
Habitational name from Talamantes in Zaragoza province

Talavera Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places named Talavera, especially Talavera de la Reina in Toledo province.

Tallón Spanish
Either a Spanish variant of Catalan Talló (see Tallo) or a habitational name from any of the places in A Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces called Tallón.

Tamacas Spanish, Central American

Tamayo Spanish
from a town in the burgos region in spain.

Tanajara Japanese (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Hispanicized form of Tanahara.

Tanguma Indigenous American (?), Mexican
Mexican surname of uncertain origin, probably Native American.

Tapachula Nahuatl, Aztec
Means "between the waters" in Nahuatl.

Tarancón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

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]

Tartaro Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone who was from Tatarstan or who had traded with Tatarstan.

Tecuanhuehue Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "old tiger".

Tejada Spanish
Meaning "roof" or "lime tree."

Tejeda Spanish
Variant of Tejada.

Tejero Spanish
Occupational Spanish surname for a tiler, its origin may be in Saragossa, Spain. A famous bearer is Antonio Tejero, a Lieutenant Colonel who was responsible for the 23-F coup attempt.

Tejidor Spanish

Téllez Spanish
from the given name Tello which is the Spanish form of the name Tellus, meaning "earth" in Latin