Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is Mexican; and the gender is unisex; and the order is random.
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Archuleta Spanish, English
Castilianized form of Basque Aretxuloeta, a topographic name meaning "oak hollow".
Carillo Spanish, Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Caro.
Facundo Spanish
From the given name Facundo
Villagra Spanish
Rare castilian surname, distributed throughout Spain with greater presence in Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid and Palencia.
Armijo Spanish
Derived from the Spanish adjetive "armigero", meaning "one who bears arms". First found in the Northern Region of Spain in Cantabria. Alternate spellings include: Armijos, Armigo, and Armija.
Altamirano Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name For Someone From Any Of Several Places Called Altamira (See Altamira ).
Cabeza De Vaca Spanish
Literally translates to "cow's head" or "head of a cow". It is likely an occupational name for someone who was associated with cows or cattle, perhaps as a rancher or butcher. Alternatively, it could also have been used to describe someone with a thick-headed or stubborn personality.
De Labra Spanish (Rare)
Spanish Surname With Origins From Asturias.
Marroquín Spanish (Latin American)
Ethnic Name For Someone From Morocco. This Surname Is Most Common In Central America.
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).
Amante Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
The name "Amante" means "lover" or "beloved". It can also be used as a nickname for someone who is a lover or enthusiast.
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.
Meza Spanish
Older variant of Mesa.
Ildefonso Spanish
From the given name Ildefonso.
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]
Laínez Spanish
Means "son of Laín".
Melero Spanish
Occupational name for a collector or seller of honey, melero (Late Latin mellarius, an agent derivative of mel, genitive mellis, ‘honey’).
Aburto Basque, Spanish, Mexican
Topographic name from Basque aburto "place of kermes oaks", derived from abur "kermes oak".
Brizuela Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Valdeporres.
Valderrama Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places named Valderrama, as for example in Burgos province.
Pesado Spanish
From Spanish meaning "heavy, weighty". It was likely given to individuals who were physically large or strong or as a reference to a heavy burden or responsibility.
Quirino Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Quirino.
Spain English, Spanish (Anglicized)
Derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spain.' A very early incomer.
Ac Mayan
From Mayan ak meaning "turtle".
Joaquín Spanish
From the given name Joaquín.
Marchena Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 4 Andalusian localities or 1 Murcian locality.
Gerena Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.
Anastasio Spanish, Italian
From the given name Anastasio.
Bolar Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of soil of a particular type known as tierra bolar.
Dimas Spanish, Portuguese, Greek
Derived from the given name Dimas.
Damián Spanish, Czech, Slovak (Rare)
From the given name Damián.
Clores Spanish, Portuguese
Portuguese form of Flores
Barroso Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from the Spanish word 'barrera' which means 'barrier'.
Alvear Spanish
Unexplained.
Pichardo Spanish
Spanish form of the surname Picard
Zerdán Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
This surname is mainly found in Argentina.
Alejandre Spanish
Variant of Alejandro.
Pino Spanish, Galician, Italian
Spanish and Galician habitational name from any of the places in Galicia (Spain) named Pino from pino "pine" or a topographic name for someone who lived by a remarkable pine tree. Italian habitational name from Pino d'Asti in Asti province Pino Torinese in Torino or Pino Solitario in Taranto all named with pino "pine’... [more]
Sahagún Spanish
Habitational name from Sahagùn in Lleón province.
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.
Fuerte Spanish (Mexican)
Derived from the Spanish word "fuerte" meaning strong.
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.
Marchant French, English, Spanish
Variant of Marchand, from French marchand meaning "merchant, mercantile". Though it is of French origin, it was transferred into the Spanish-speaking world, especially Chile, by French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
Adauto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Adauto.
Fabio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Fabio.
Valera Spanish
Habitational name from either of two places in Spain named Valera.
Armenia Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Armenia or who had connections with Armenia. This surname is derived from the feminine form of Armenio, which is ultimately from Greek Αρμένιος (Armenios) meaning "Armenian"... [more]
Alejandro Spanish
From the personal name Alejandro, Spanish form of Alexander.
Natividad Spanish
From the personal name Natividad "nativity, Christmas", from Latin nativitas "birth", genitive nativitatis, usually bestowed with reference to the Marian epithet María de la Natividad... [more]
Tejada Spanish
Meaning "roof" or "lime tree."
Villafañe Spanish
Derived from the village of Villafañe in Leon, Spain. His hierarch, perhaps, is the Burgos hidalgo Alvar Fañez.
Madrid Spanish
habitational name from what is now Spain's principal city Madrid. Throughout the Middle Ages it was of only modest size and importance and did not become the capital of Spain until 156 Its name is of uncertain origin most probably a derivative of Late Latin matrix genitive matricis "riverbed" much changed by Arabic mediation (see Madrigal ). There are other smaller places of the same name in the provinces of Burgos and Cantabria and these may also be sources of the surname.
Jareño Basque (Modern), Spanish
Possibly derived from Basque txara "rockrose".
Madroñero Spanish
It literally means "strawberry farmer".
Cancino Spanish, South American
A name for a person who first held the position of Chancellor.
Quezada Spanish
Probably a variant of Quesada.
Manjarrés Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.
Corcino Spanish
Means "little deer", a diminutive of Spanish corzo "roe deer". More commonly used outside of Spain.
Luján Spanish
This is the second last name of Spanish footballer/soccer player Andrés Iniesta.
Navarra Italian, Spanish
Means Navarre in Italian and Spanish; which was also the female equivalent to Navarro.
Bejar Spanish
From the town of the same name in Spain
De La Luna Spanish, Filipino
Means "of the moon" in Spanish.
Sofia Spanish
From the given name Sofia.
Ocón Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either the eponymous Riojan municipality or the Ocón de Villafranca neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Villafranca Montes de Oca.
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.
Tecuanhuehue Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "old tiger".
Jara Spanish
Habitational name any of the various places in southern Spain named Jara or La Jara, from jara meaning "rockrose", "cistus".
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).
Zurita Spanish, Aragonese
An Aragonese surname derived from the Stock Bird, a species of bird.
Ballon Spanish
Theoretically it could be a variant of vallón, from valle ‘valley’, but neither form is attested as a vocabulary word or as a place name element. Alternatively, it could be a Castilian spelling of Catalan Batlló, Balló, nicknames from diminutives of batlle ‘dancing’.English: variant spelling of Balon.
Mancinas Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Mancini or Mancino, common in Mexico.
Moros Spanish
Habitational name from Moros in Zaragoza province, so named from the plural of moro ‘Moor’, i.e. ‘the place where the Moors live’.
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.
Claudio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Claudio
Barbero Spanish, Italian, Piedmontese
Occupational name for a barber-surgeon (see Barber), from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba "beard".
Baltazar Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Baltazar.
Higuera Spanish
Higuera is a local surname; that is, the name was derived from the village or estate where the original bearer of the name once lived or held land. The Higuera family originally lived in the area of Figueroa.
Bea Spanish
Habitational name from a place of this name in Teruel.
Justo Spanish
From the given name Justo.
Casa Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Means "house" in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.
Granda Spanish
Spanish form of the surname Grand.
Salmerón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Murcian volcano.
Mauleon Spanish (Archaic)
All I know is that there is a place in spain "Basque Country" that their town, apartments, holtes are named Mauleon. The language spoken is Basque a form of "Spanish and French"
Buendía Spanish
Probably a habitational name from Buendía in Cuenca province, Spain.
Ingles Spanish
Spanish (Inglés): ethnic term denoting someone of English origin, from Spanish Inglés ‘English’.
Fresno Spanish
From Spanish meaning "ash tree".
Holanda Portuguese, Spanish
Spanish and Portuguese form of Holland 2.
Viejo Spanish
From Spanish meaning "old".
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).
Veloso Spanish
From the Brazilian Spanish word for fast.
Bilbao Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From The City Of Bilbao In Biscay Basque Country.
Lago Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone living by a lake from lago "lake" (from Latin lacus) or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word.
Higuita Spanish
Derives from spanish higuera meaning "fig tree".
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.
Santostefano Spanish
Habitational name of numerous churches dedicated to Saint Stephen
Cababa Spanish
Spanish (Cabaña) and Portuguese: habitational name from a place named with Spanish cabaña ‘hut’, ‘cabin’ (Late Latin capanna , a word of Celtic or Germanic origin).
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.
Osornio Spanish (Mexican)
Likely an altered form of Osorio influenced by Osorno.
Castaño Spanish, Galician
Means "chestnut tree" in Spanish and Galician.
Huidobro Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Los Altos.
Polaco Spanish
Variant of Polanco. Alternatively, it could as well be referred to inhabitants of Poland.
Íñigo Spanish
From the given name Íñigo.
Sevillano Spanish
habitational name for someone from Seville. Variant of Sevilla
Serafín Spanish, Galician
From the given name Serafín.
Macario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Macario
Almazán Spanish
Habitational name demoting someone originally from the municipality of Almazán in Castile and León, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic المكان المحصن (al-makān al-ḥiṣn) meaning "the fortified place" or "the stronghold".
Escuintla Nahuatl
From Nahuatl Itzcuintlan meaning "abundance or place of dogs".
Trillo Spanish
It literally means "threshing board".
Sequeira Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese variant and Spanish form of Siqueira.
Baltasar Spanish
From the given name Baltasar.
Guzman Spanish (Americanized), Filipino, South American
Unaccented form of Guzmán used mainly in America and the Philippines.
Alamillo Spanish
Spanish: topographic name from alamillo a diminutive of álamo 'poplar' or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word in particular one in Ciudad Real.
Morejón Spanish
Derived from Spanish moreno meaning "dark".
Ivars Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Etymology uncertain. Possibly related to Ibarra, derived from Basque ibar "meadow, riverbank, valley".
Rolando Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Rolando.
Mier Spanish, English (American)
As a Spanish name relates to late summer and means "harvest" or "ripened".... [more]
Tofiño Spanish
Surname of Vicente Tofiño (de San Miguel y Wanderiales), an 18th century Spanish navigator, cartographer, and cosmographer. The meaning of the name Tofiño is unknown.
Contardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Contardo.
Estremera Spanish
Derived from the word "estrecho," which means "narrow" or "tight."
Bastían Spanish
From the given name Bastían.
Armendariz Spanish, Basque
Variant of Basque Armendaritze, a habitational name from a village in Low Navarre named Armendaritze, or directly from a patronymic form of the Basque personal name Armendari or Armentari, from Latin Armentarius "herdsman".
Ajanel Mayan
Means "carpenter" in Kaqchikel.
Ferrando Italian, Spanish
This surname can be derived from a given name (thus making it a patronymic surname) as well as from a nickname (thus making it a descriptive surname). In the case of a patronymic surname, the surname is derived from the medieval masculine given name Ferrando, which was in use in both Italy and Spain during the Middle Ages... [more]
Alderete Spanish, South American
Habitational name from any of the places in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal called Alderete probably from a Gothic personal name or derived from the Old English personal, or first name “Aldrich,” which means old ruler
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".
Villamar Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From Any Of The Three Places Called Villamar In Lugo (Galicia) Oviedo (Asturias) Or Burgos (Castilia).
Francos Spanish
Derived from the given name Franco.
Villarreal Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Villarreal (or Villareal), derived from Spanish villa meaning "farm, town, settlement" and real meaning "royal".
Samba Spanish
Spanish surname of unknown origin maybe from the same origin as the name for the dance. Omar Samba has this surname.
Buitrago Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous municipalities: the Castilian one in El Campo de Gómara or the Manchego municipality of Buitrago del Lozoya in Sierra Norte, Comunidad de Madrid.
Romo Spanish
Derived from latin (rhombus) meaning obtuse, blunt.
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
Aurora Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese
Means "dawn" in Latin (see the given name Aurora).
Bahamonde Spanish, Galician
Derived from Baamonde (officially called Santiago de Baamonde), a town and parish in the province of Lugo, in Galicia, Spain. This surname was borne by the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975).
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.
Robleda Spanish
From Spanish meaning "oak grove".
Escolar Spanish
From Spanish escuela meaning "school".
Suarez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino, Caribbean
Unaccented form of Suárez primarily used in America and the Philippines.
Juarez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Juárez primarily used in America and the Philippines.
Pellicer Spanish
Spanish variant of Pelletier
Agudo Spanish
Agudo is sharp in spanish
Bringas Basque, Spanish
Etymology unknown.
Lovato Spanish (Latin American), Italian
Northern Italian from the Late Latin personal name Lupatus, derivative of Latin lupus "wolf". This is one of several medieval personal names which became popular under the influence of Germanic compound personal names formed with wolf-.
Magdaleno Spanish
Masculine form of the Biblical name Magdalena.
Banuelos Spanish
Spanish (Bañuelos): habitational name from any of various places, primarily Bañuelos de Bureba in Burgos, named for their public baths, from a diminutive of baños ‘baths’ (see Banos)
Del Rosario Spanish, Filipino
Means "of the rosary" in Spanish.
Celda Spanish (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Modern, Rare)
The Spanish word for 'cell', as in prison cell.
Galante Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Jewish
Means "gallant, courteous, chivalrous; romantic" in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, both derived from French galant "gentlemanly" or "flirtatious, amorous". In the case of Mordecai Galante, a Spanish exile in 16th century Rome, his courteous manners won for him from the Roman nobles the surname Galantuomo, meaning "gentleman" in Italian, from which Galante was eventually derived.... [more]
Moro Italian, Spanish
Nickname from moro "moor" from Latin maurus "moor, north african" and Italian variant of Mauro.
Arguijo Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From A Place Called Arguijo In Zamora Province.
Aveiro Portuguese, Spanish
Demonymic surname refering to Aveiro a city in middle north-eastern Portugal. A famous bearer of this surname is Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ponce De León Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Compound name composed of the family name Ponce + the habitational name León.
Can Mayan
from the word kaan meaning "snake"
Heredia Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places in Basque Country called Heredia, probably derived from Latin heredium meaning "hereditary estate".
Guadalajara Spanish
habitational name from Guadalajara in Castile named with Arabic wādī-al-ḥijāra (واد الحجرة o وادي الحجرة) "river of the stones".
Gonzaga Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Archaic)
Habitational name for someone from a location called Gonzaga in Mantua, Italy. This was the name of an Italian family that ruled Mantua from 1328 to 1708.
Natalio Spanish
From the given name Natalio.
Apollo Italian, Spanish
From the Greek personal name Apollo. There are several saints Apollo in the Christian Church, including an Egyptian hermit and monastic leader who died in 395 ad. The personal name derives from the name in classical mythology of the sun god, Apollo, an ancient Indo-European name, found for example in Hittite as Apulana "god of the gate" (from pula "gate", cognate with Greek pylē), therefore "protector, patron".
Bomba Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak
From bomba "bomb", (Latin bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.
Sigüenza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Berlanga Spanish
From the village or castle named "Berlanga de Duero" from Soria, Spain. Berlanga itself was derived from "berlain" which comes from the name of a precious stone derived from the Greek. So it could be related to stones.
Valverde Spanish
Refers to a place name which suggests a landscape, agreeable with herbs, flowers and water.
Roa Spanish
Habitational name from the town of Roa (de Duero) in Burgos province, Spain.
Tomás Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
From the given name Tomás.
Gálvez Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality in the Province of Toledo.
Achio Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly derived from the town, Achio, near Guadalajara in Mexico. The name itself is probably from the Nahuatl achio meaning "frequent".
Laurencio Spanish
Derived from the given name Lorenzo. (Mostly common in Cuba)
Pradera Spanish
Pradera is a Spanish surname meaning "meadow".
Acero Spanish
From acero "steel, steelworker" (from Late Latin aciarium), an occupational name for a metal worker or an armorer.
Cristófanes Spanish
Means "son of Cristóbal" in Spanish.
Hódar Spanish
Spanish surname with unknown origin. Violeta Hódar is a notable bearer.
Simplicio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Simplicio
Garnica Spanish
Castilianized form of Garnika, a variant of Gernika.
Hadjópulos Greek (Hispanicized, Expatriate), Mexican (Rare)
Spanish form of Greek Χατζόπουλος (see Chatzopoulos).
Fragoso Portuguese, Spanish
Means "rocky, rough, uneven" in Portuguese and Spanish, ultimately from Latin fragosus. It was originally a habitational name from any of various places called Fragoso.
Talamantes Spanish
Habitational name from Talamantes in Zaragoza province
Leonado Spanish
The color tawny which is an orange, brown color. This descriptive surname was given to the Filipino people by the Spanish when the Philippines was colonized.
Niño Spanish
Nickname from Spanish niño meaning "child", "boy". This was often given to a first-born son as a familiar name.
Cristales Central American, Filipino, Spanish (Mexican, Rare), South American (Rare)
Plural form of Spanish cristal meaning "crystal."... [more]
Tolentino Spanish, Filipino, Portuguese, Italian (Rare), Judeo-Italian
Ultimately derived from the name of a town in the province of Macerata, Italy (see Tolentino). This was adopted as a Spanish given name in honour of the 14th-century Italian saint and mystic Nicholas of Tolentino... [more]
Esteruelas Spanish
Possibly from the place name Camarma de Esteruelas, a village in Madrid.
Belisario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Belisario.
Vivanco Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the Castilian locality of Vivanco de Mena.
Canizales Spanish (Latin American)
This surname came from around the beginnings of 1800 in south regions of Colombia where sugar cane was cultivated. It's a variation of Cañizales, that literally means "sugar cane fields".
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.
Fuenmayor Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.
Cabaco Spanish, Filipino
From spanish word cabaco means "horse"
Leones Spanish
Habitational name for someone from the city of León in Spain. Coincides with the plural form of Spanish león "lion; cougar, puma".