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Labrador Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
From the root word "labora" meaning labor or work. This means laborer or worker but often associated to farmers as in San Isidro Labrador

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)’.

Lacort Catalan, Spanish

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.

Lafuente Spanish
Means "the fountain" in Spanish derived from fons "fountain" with fused definite article la. Variant of Fuentes and cognate to Lafontaine.

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.

Lagos Spanish, Portuguese, Nigerian
Variant of Lago.

Laguna Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Laguna meaning "lake, pond" in Spanish.

Lahoz Aragonese, Spanish (Latin American)

Laínez Spanish
Means "son of Laín".

Lajone Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Lalana Spanish

Lallana Spanish

La Macchia Spanish

Lambertos Spanish

Lamo Spanish (Modern, Rare)

Lana Italian, Spanish
Means "wool" in Spanish and Italian. Occupational name for a wool merchant.

Landaverde Spanish
From Spanish landa meaning 'meadow' + verde meaning 'green'.

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

Lanza Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Lance.

La Paloma Spanish

Lara Mexican

Larena Spanish

Lareo Spanish

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.

Larguespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Variant of Largaespada, used in Nicaragua.

Larín Spanish (Latin American)
Probably a habitational name from any of several places called Larín in A Coruña and Lugo provinces.

Larrañaga Basque, Spanish
From the name of a farmhouse in Azpeitia, Spain, derived from Basque larrain "threshing yard" and -aga "place of, group of".

Larrazabal Basque, Spanish
Habitational name derived from Basque larre "field, pastureland, prairie" and zabal "wide, open, ample".

Larronde Spanish

Larzabal Spanish

Lasaga Spanish, French, Basque
From Basque Latsaga, a widespread place name in Basque Country meaning "at the creek".

Lascellas Spanish
Feminine variant of Lascellos.

Lascellos Spanish

Lassaga Spanish (Latin American), French, Basque
French and Argentine Spanish form of Lasaga.

Lastra Spanish

Laura Spanish
Of uncertain origin; in some cases, it is possibly a habitational name from a place named Laura.

Laureano Spanish
From the given name Laureano

Laurel Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Topographic name for someone who lived by a laurel tree, Spanish laurel (Latin laurus), or a habitational name from Laurel in the Canary Islands.

Laurencio Spanish
Derived from the given name Lorenzo. (Mostly common in Cuba)

Lavendera Spanish

Lavida Spanish (Mexican)

Layun Spanish (Latin American)

Lazo Spanish (Modern)
Spanish

Leal Portuguese, Spanish
Means "loyal" in Portuguese and Spanish. A famous bearer of this surname is Roberto Leal, a very popular singer in Portugal.

Leandrez Spanish
Spanish cognate of Leandres.

Leandro Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Leandro

Lebrón Spanish
Lebrón is a surname most prevalent in the Autonomous Community of Andalucía. It is an augmentative of liebre (meaning "hare" in Spanish).

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".

Ledo Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Nickname from ledo meaning ‘happy’, ‘joyful’

Leija Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning uncertain, but it might be a variant of Leixà.

Leiris Spanish

Leiva Spanish

Lejarzar Spanish

Lemõns Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Lemons.

Lemus Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Lémieux.

Lennis Spanish (Latin American)

Leocadio Spanish
From the given name Leocadio.

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.

Leonardo Italian, Spanish, German
Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese from the Germanic personal name Leonhard, formed from the elements leo ‘lion’ + hard, ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’; this was an early medieval saint’s name (see Leonard).

Leoncio Spanish
From the given name Leoncio.

Leones Spanish
Habitational name for someone from the city of León in Spain. Coincides with the plural form of Spanish león "lion; cougar, puma".

Leonor Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Leonor.

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

Lerma Spanish

Lesaga Spanish, Basque
Variant of Lasaga.

Leyva Spanish

Liberato Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Liberato

Liberio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Liberio

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

Librado Spanish
From the given name Librado.

Licona Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Likoa in Basque Country.

Lidio Spanish

Limon Spanish
An occupational name for a grower or seller of the fruit.

Limones Spanish
Variant of Limon.

Limonez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Limones.

Liñán Spanish (Mexican)

Linares Spanish
Means "son of Linéus" from latin "line".

Linarez Spanish
Variant of Linares.

Linaza Spanish

Linde Spanish
From Spanish linde "boundary" or a habitational name from places called La Linde in Spain.

Lineu Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Modern)

Lirio Spanish

Liz Spanish
History unknown; surname known in the Dominican Republic

Llamas Spanish (Latin American)

Llamazares Spanish

Llanes Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Likely denoted someone who came from the municipality of Llanes in Spain.

Llaquet Spanish, Catalan
Topographic name from the Catalan word llac "pond, lake", indicating a person who lives near a lake.

Lobato Spanish, Portuguese
nickname from lobato "wolf cub" (from Latin lupus "wolf") or from a medieval personal name based on this word.

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.

Loera Spanish

Logaña Spanish (Latin American)

Loli Spanish (Latin American)

Lomar Spanish (Latin American)

Lomeli Spanish (Mexican)

Lomonico Spanish (Latin American)

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

Loquillo Spanish

Loray Spanish (Latin American)

Lorca Spanish (?)

Lorén Spanish
A variant of the Spanish personal name Llorente.

Lorente Spanish

Lorenzana Spanish
Habitational name from Lourenza near Lugo in Spain.

Lorez Spanish
Means "son of Lorenzo" in Spanish.

Lorona Spanish

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").

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-.

Lovaton Spanish

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.

Lovo Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Venetian
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Loya Basque, Spanish
From a location in Navarre, Spain, probably means "the mud", derived from Basque lohi "mud, mire".

Lozada Spanish
Variant of Lozano.

Lucario Spanish (Mexican)

Lucatero Mexican

Lucero Spanish
Means "morning star, daystar" or "brilliance, splendour, lustre" in Spanish, a derivative of luz "light".

Lucía Spanish, Italian
From the feminine personal name Lucia, feminine derivative of Latin lux meaning "light".

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

Luengo Spanish

Luevano Spanish

Luevanos Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Luevano.

Lugardo Spanish
Spanish (Mainly Huelva): From The Personal Name Lugardo A Variant Of Lutgardo Of Ancient Germanic Origin (See Luckhardt ). This Surname Is Most Common In Mexico.

Lugo Spanish

Lugo Spanish
Galician and Spanish habitational name from Lugo, a city in Galicia. This was a Roman settlement under the name of Lucus Augusti ‘grove or wood of Augustus’, but that may have been no more than an adaptation of an earlier name derived from that of the Celtic god Lugos.

Luis Spanish
From the given name Luis. Cognate to Louis and Lewis 1.

Luján Spanish
This is the second last name of Spanish footballer/soccer player Andrés Iniesta.

Lujano Spanish
Spanish: variant of Luján ( see Lujan ).

Lumbier Basque, Spanish

Lumbreras Spanish
Habitational Name From A Place Called Lumbreras In La Rioja From The Plural Of Lumbrera ‘Lamp’ Possibly Referring To An Old Signal Tower.

Lunavelasco Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Un-hyphenated combination of the last names, Luna, and Velasco forming its’ own name. Luna meaning “the moon” in Latin as well as multiple languages. Velasco meaning “crow” or “raven”.

Luque Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Luque in Córdoba, Spain, derived from Latin lucus meaning "sacred grove, wood, forest".

Luriel Spanish

Luyando Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Luiaondo.

Luz Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Luz.