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Pablo Spanish
From the given name Pablo.

Pablos Spanish

Pabón Spanish
Variant of Pavón from Spanish pavón "peacock" from Latin pavo.

Pacana Spanish
From pacana meaning "pecan", "pecan tree", a word of Algonquin origin. This surname is also found in the Philippines.

Padillo Spanish

Pagán Spanish
Castilianized spelling of Catalan Pagà, from the Late Latin personal name Paganus, which originally meant "dweller in an outlying village" (see Paine).

Palafox Spanish (Mexican)
From Palafolls, a Catalan place name.

Palazuelos Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Palazuelos a diminutive of Palacios.

Pale Nahuatl
Possibly a variant of Apale.

Palenzuela Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Palileo Spanish (Modern, Rare)

Pallacios Spanish

Palladios Spanish

Pallominy Spanish (?)
Possibly an altered form of Spanish Palomino.

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]

Palmarez Mexican

Palomares Spanish
Derived from Spanish "palomar," meaning "dovecote" or "columbarium". An occupational name for someone who was known for raising or caring for carrier pigeons or doves.

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

Palomina Spanish (Latin American)

Palomino Spanish
Diminutive of Spanish paloma "pigeon, dove" (see Palomo).

Palvet Spanish

Pamparacuatro Spanish
Bread-for-four in Spanish

Pancho Spanish
From the given name Pancho.

Pancorbo Spanish
From the name of a town in Burgos, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Suggestions as to its origin include Spanish puente curvo "curved bridge", or a legend about crows delivering bread to the town when it was besieged by Saracens, leading to it being called Pan-Cuervo "Bread-Crow".

Pancorvo Spanish
Variant of Pancorbo.

Paniágua Spanish, Portuguese
Status name for a servant who worked for his board (pan "bread" and agua "water") and lodging.

Pantaleón Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Pantaleón.

Pantalion Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly an altered form of Pantaleón

Papa Tagalog, Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "pope, priest" in various languages.

Papaqui Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl pakini meaning "happy".

Parada Spanish

Paras Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Parras.

Parayuelos Spanish

Paredez Spanish
Variant of Paredes.

Pareja Spanish
habitational name from Pareja in Guadalajara province.

Parillo Spanish, Italian

Parras Spanish
Plural form of Parra.

Parrillo Spanish, Italian

Pascua Spanish
From the personal name Pascual. It also means "Easter" in Spanish.

Pascuas Spanish
Variant of Pascua.

Pasillas Spanish (Mexican)

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

Patiño Spanish, Galician
From a diminutive of Spanish or Galician pato meaning "duck", used as a nickname for a person who waddled.

Paunero Spanish (Latin American)

Pavón Spanish
Spanish cognate of Pavone and variant of Pabón from Spanish pavón "peacock" from Latin pavo.

Pavon Spanish (Latin American)
Nickname for a proud man

Payán Spanish
Possibly derived from Mozarabic päiên meaning "cave ravine", ultimately from Latin pedem meaning "foot".

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".

Pedroza Spanish (Mexican)

Peebles Scottish, Spanish (?)
Habitational name from places so named in Scotland. The place names are cognate with Welsh pebyll "tent, pavilion".

Peinado Spanish
Derived from peinado meaning "combed" (past participle of peinar meaning "to comb"), hence a nickname for a well-groomed person or for someone with naturally smooth rather than curly hair.

Peinador Spanish

Pelayo Spanish

Pelayo Spanish
From the given name Pelayo.

Pellicer Spanish
Spanish variant of Pelletier

Peñafiel Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

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

Peñaranda Spanish
Habitational name from places in Burgos and Salamanca named Peñaranda.

Pennello Spanish, Italian

Pennilope Spanish (Latin American)
Pennilope is a type of surname. It is a type of bike aswell it is almost like a tricycle with 2 sets of stabilisers.

Perales Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations named Perales, from Spanish perales meaning "pear trees" (the plural of peral meaning "pear 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.

Peras French, Spanish

Peres Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Gascon, Breton, Central African
Means "son of Pedro" in Spanish and Portuguese. Means "son of Pere" in Catalan... [more]

Perón Spanish

Perron Spanish
Spanish (Perrón) : probably from an augmentative of perro 'dog'.

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]

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.

Pescador Spanish
Means "fisherman, fisher" in Spanish.

Pesquera Spanish

Petiton Spanish

Picazo Spanish
Variant of Picasso, from Latin "pica" meaning magpie.

Pichardo Spanish
Spanish form of the surname Picard

Pico Spanish
meaning beak of a bird, or peak of a mountain in spanish... [more]

Piedrahita Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Piedrahita in particular those in Ávila and Teruel.

Pilas Spanish

Pimentel Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from Portuguese pimenta meaning "pepper", used as an occupational name for someone who grew or sold peppers.

Piñal Spanish
Surname whose house was in Hoz de Anero, in the City council of Ribamontán al Monte (Santander).

Pinal Spanish (Mexican)
From Spanish meaning "pine grove".

Piñero Spanish
Castilianized from the Portuguese surname Pinheiro, meaning "pine-tree"

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]

Pinochet Basque, French, Spanish
Derived from Basque pinoche meaning "pine cone". Alternately, it could be derived from the name of the hamlet of Pinouchet, located in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France... [more]

Piñon Spanish

Pintado Spanish

Pintor Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Sardinian
occupational name for a painter from pintor "painter".

Pistario Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pistario is a surname, mainly used in the Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese languages.

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.

Piz Spanish

Pizarro Spanish
One who produces, or deals in, slate.

Plancarte Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Blancarte.

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.

Pliar Spanish

Pluma Spanish
From Spanish meaning "plume, feather". Occupational name for a scribe.

Poblete Spanish (Latin American)
Habitational name from Poblete in the province of Ciudad Real.

Pociello Spanish

Poison Spanish

Polaco Spanish
Variant of Polanco. Alternatively, it could as well be referred to inhabitants of Poland.

Polanco Spanish
Habitational name from Polanco in Santander province.

Policarpo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Policarpo

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

Polo Spanish, Italian

Ponce Spanish, English
The Ponce name was carried into England after the migration from Normandy following the Norman Conquest of 1066.'Ponce' is derived from 'Ponsoby',a place in Cumberland, where the family settled. The Ponce motto is 'Pro rege, lege grege' meaning "For the King, law, and people"

Ponce Spanish
Derived from the given name Pontius

Ponce De León Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Compound name composed of the family name Ponce + the habitational name León.

Ponciano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Ponciano.

Poncio Spanish
Variant of Ponce.

Ponente Spanish

Ponse Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Ponce.

Popoca Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "to smoke".

Porfirio Spanish, Italian
From the given name Porfirio

Portal Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Occitan
Topographical surname for someone living near the gates of a fortified town.

Portero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Porter.

Portilla Spanish
Variant of Portillo.

Portillo Spanish
Meaning unknown.

Portocarrero Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Spanish form of Porto Carreiro, an old municipality in Galicia, from Galician porto "port, harbour" and carreiro "path, pathway".

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.

Portugal Spanish, Portuguese, English, Catalan, French, Jewish
Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English, French, and Jewish surname meaning ethnic name or regional name for someone from Portugal or who had connections with Portugal. The name of the country derives from Late Latin Portucale, originally denoting the district around Oporto (Portus Cales, named with Latin portus ‘port’, ‘harbor’ + Cales, the ancient name of the city)... [more]

Portugues Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Jewish
Means "Portuguese" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Portuguez Spanish
Spanish variant of Portugues.

Potenciano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Potenciano.

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.

Pozos Spanish, Galician
A habitational name from any of several places named with the plural of pozo, meaning ‘well’. See Pozo.

Pradera Spanish
Pradera is a Spanish surname meaning "meadow".

Prado Spanish

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)

Prim Basque, Spanish

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
Variant of Pueyo.

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’).

Pueyo Spanish
From Spanish meaning "small hilltop".

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.