South American Submitted Surnames

Vasco Spanish

Vasco Spanish
Originally denoted a Basque person or someone from the Basque Country in Spain, from Latin Vascones of uncertain etymology.

Vasconcelos Spanish

Vascones Spanish (Latin American)

Vaylez Spanish
Variant of Valez or Valezze

Vaz Portuguese

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

Vea Spanish, Galician
Habitational name, principally from Vea in Soria province, but in some cases from any of four places with the same name in Pontevedra province, Galicia.

Vecincio Spanish (?), Italian (?)

Vecino Spanish
Spanish form of Voisin.

Vegas Spanish

Veiga Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Vega.

Vejas Spanish
An altered form of the surname Behar

Velarde Spanish

Velas Spanish

Vélaz Spanish
Variant of Vélez 1.

Vélaz Spanish
Variant of Vélez 2.

Velaz Spanish, Spanish (Anglicized, ?)
Variant of Vélaz.

Vélez Spanish
Patronymic from the personal name Vela.

Vélez Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places in Andalusia called Vélez.

Velêz Portuguese
Possibly a habitational name from Vellés in Salamanca.

Velez Portuguese
Variant of Velêz.

Veloso Spanish
From the Brazilian Spanish word for fast.

Venâncio Portuguese, Central African, Brazilian
Derived from the given name Venâncio.

Venegas Spanish
From the hybridization of Ben, meaning "son" in Arabic or Jewish, and Ega(s), a medieval given name of Visigothic origin.

Veracruz Spanish
Originally denoted a person from Veracruz, Mexico, from Latin vera crux meaning "true cross".

Verano Spanish
Means 'summer' in Spanish. (See Summer)

Verde Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From Spanish verde "green" (Latin viridis), presumably a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in this color or had green eyes, etc. This is also a common element of place names.

Verdecia Spanish

Verdejo Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places so called.

Verdugo Spanish
Occupational name meaning "executioner".

Verdun French, English (British, Rare), Spanish, Catalan
From the various locations in France called Verdun with the Gaulish elements ver vern "alder" and dun "hill fortress" and Verdú in Catalonia, English variant of Verdon

Verduzco Spanish

Vergino Esperanto, Brazilian
Taken from the Esperanto word vergino meaning "virgin".

Veríssimo Portuguese
From the given name Veríssimo.

Verneda Spanish, Catalan
As a Spanish and Catalan surname refers to someone who lived where alder trees grew.

Verón Spanish (Latin American)

Veyera Portuguese (Modern)
Originated in East Providence, RI about 1900 variation of the common Vieira portuguese surname.

Viana Portuguese (Brazilian)

Viciedo Spanish (Rare)

Victori Spanish

Victoria Portuguese
Transferred use of the given name Victoria

Victoriano Spanish
From the given name Victoriano

Victorino Spanish
From the given name Victorino

Videgain Spanish
Videgain is a surname. It is of Basque origin language with the form Bidegain. Videgain is considered a Spanish surname because the letter V does not exist in the Basque alphabet. It extended through the Iberian peninsula following the Reconquista, where different forms of the name developed and houses were founded with the differentiation of Videgáin, Bidegain, Videgaín... [more]

Viegas Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese variant of Venegas.

Viejo Spanish
From Spanish meaning "old".

Viela Spanish, Portuguese

Vigil Spanish
Comes from the word "vigil", which is Latin for "vigilia" and "wakefulness".

Vijarro Spanish

Vilaamil Spanish
Habitational name from Villamil a place in Asturias.

Vilanova Portuguese, Catalan, Galician
Portuguese, Catalan and Galician cognate of Villanueva.

Villacorta Spanish

Villafañe Spanish
Derived from the village of Villafañe in Leon, Spain. His hierarch, perhaps, is the Burgos hidalgo Alvar Fañez.

Villafranca Spanish

Villafuerte Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villafuerte de Esgueva in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain.

Villagra Spanish
Rare castilian surname, distributed throughout Spain with greater presence in Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid and Palencia.

Villagran Spanish
From a lost village called Villa Grande, meaning 'large farmstead or settlement'.

Villagrande Spanish
Variant of Villagran.

Villalbazo Spanish

Villalpando Spanish
It first came from a Spanish village town.

Villalva Spanish (Rare)
Villa meaning "Town", Alva meaning "White"

Villalvazo Spanish
Hispanic (Mainly Mexico): Derivative Of Spanish Villalba Or Villalva .

Villamar Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From Any Of The Three Places Called Villamar In Lugo (Galicia) Oviedo (Asturias) Or Burgos (Castilia).

Villamayor Spanish
Habitational name for any of the numerous places in Spain with this name.

Villamizar Spanish
Habitational name from Villamizar in León.

Villanova Italian, Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places so called from Latin villa nova "new settlement" (see Villa) from the elements villa "town" and nova "new"... [more]

Villaquirán Spanish
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Villaquirán de los Infantes or Villaquirán de la Puebla.

Villard Galician, Portuguese
A Galician and Portuguese surname in the north of Iberian Peninsula. It's a last name belonging to ancient Celtic tribes.

Villareal Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Variant of Villarreal primarily used in the Philippines and Columbia.

Villarino Spanish
Form of Villarin.

Villarojo Spanish

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".

Villarrubia Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from Villarrubia (Córdoba) Villarrubia de los Ojos (Ciudad Real) or Villarrubia de Santiago (Toledo) so named from villa '(outlying) farmstead (dependent) settlement' (see Villa ) + rubia 'light red'.

Villarruel Spanish
Cognate of Villa with the second element of unexplained etymology. Compare Villarroel.

Villasante Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Montija.

Villasenor Spanish
Habitational name, apparently a Castilianized spelling of Galician Vilseñor, from any of three places in Lugo province named Vilaseñor.

Villatoro Spanish
Presumably a name given to someone from Villatoro, Spain

Villava Spanish

Villavicencio Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villavicencio de los Caballeros in Castile and León, Spain.

Villeda Spanish
Probably from french.

Villega Spanish

Villegas Spanish
Habitational name from the municipality of Villegas in Burgos province, Spain.

Villoslada Spanish
From the village of Villoslada in Spain.

Villota Spanish

Vinagre Spanish, Portuguese
An occupational surname for someone who sells vinegar.

Viñals Spanish, Catalan

Vinardos Spanish

Viniegra Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Riojan municipalities in the Comarca of Anguiano: Viniegra de Arriba or Viniegra de Abajo.

Vinuesa Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Vinyet Spanish

Violy Spanish (Latin American)

Viramontes Spanish
Viramontes is composed of the elements "mira" and "montes," two Spanish words with the combined meaning of "place with a view of the mountains."

Virgem Portuguese
Portuguese form of Virgo.

Virgen Spanish
Spanish form of Virgo.

Virgil Spanish
From the given name Virgil.

Virtuoso English (American), Spanish, Italian
This Italian surname could possibly be connected to those whose ancestors were involved in playing a musical instrument or somehow connected to the musical instrument industry.

Vitorino Portuguese
From the given name Vitorino

Vivanco Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the Castilian locality of Vivanco de Mena.

Vivar Spanish, History
From the village of Vivar, later renamed Vivar del Cid, nowadays part of Quintanilla Vivar located near Burgos, Castile and León, Spain.... [more]

Vivó Spanish, Catalan

Vizinho Portuguese
Portuguese form of Voisin.

Vlasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Wero Spanish (Latin American), Maori
Maori: Means "to cast a spear"... [more]

Xavier Portuguese, French, English
Derived from the given name Xavier.

Xen Spanish (Latin American)

Ximenes Portuguese
Portuguese form of Jiménez.

Ximénez Spanish (Archaic)
Archaic form of Jiménez

Xisto Portuguese
Means "schist" or "shale" in Portuguese. Can also be found in Brazil.

Yagüe Spanish
It is possibly derived from a name for someone born on St James' Day, from Old Spanish Santi Yague, a common medieval form of Santiago.

Yáñez Spanish
Patronymic of Juan 1.

Yepes Spanish
Habitational name from Yepes in the province of Toledo (named as Hippo or Hipona in or before Roman times).

Yépez South American

Yerba Spanish (Latin American)

Yerbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish yerba buena meaning "good herb"

Yesca Spanish (Latin American)

Yglesias Spanish
Variant of Iglesias.

Yisselin Spanish (Latin American)

Yñiguez Spanish
Variant of Íñiguez.

Yupanqui Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua yupanki meaning "accountant".

Yzquierdo Spanish
Variant of Izquierdo.

Zacarias Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Zacarias.

Zalas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Salas.

Zaldívar Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Basque Zaldibar "horse valley".

Zalla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Sala.

Zallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Salas.

Zambrana Spanish
Likely comes from a town of the same name in Spain.

Zamora Spanish
Habitational name from Zamora, a city in northwestern Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Berber azemur "wild olive tree".

Zanel Spanish (Latin American)

Zanick Brazilian

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.

Zapato Spanish
Means "shoe" in Spanish.

Zaragoza Spanish, Aragonese
Name given to someone who was from the city Zaragoza in the Aragon region in Spain.

Zarandona Spanish

Zárate Spanish
Habitational surname meaning "entrance to the grove coppice".

Zarta South American
Chiefly used in Colombia.

Zavalia Spanish (Latin American, Americanized)

Zavattari Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian
A derivation of the Old French word 'savate'... [more]

Zayas Spanish, Caribbean
Derives from the Basque word 'zai', meaning watchman or guard.

Zazueta Spanish
Probably a topographic name of Basque origin, from an unexplained first element + the collective suffix -eta 'place or group of'.

Zeferino Portuguese
From the given name Zeferino

Zegarra Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Castilianized form of the Catalan Segarra.

Zenteno Spanish
Variant of Centeno

Zepeda Spanish
Variant of Cepeda

Zerdán Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
This surname is mainly found in Argentina.

Zozaya Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Zozaia.

Zubiria Medieval Basque (Latinized, Archaic), Spanish (Latin American)
It means nearby bridge.

Zuima Spanish

Zuleta Spanish, Basque
Variant of Zulueta, which comes from the Basque topographic name 'zulo' meaning ‘hole hollow’ + the collective suffix '-eta' meaning "place or group of."

Zuluaga South American

Zulueta Spanish

Zúñiga Spanish
Spanish form of Zuñiga.

Zurara Portuguese

Zurdo Spanish
Means "left-handed" in Spanish.

Zurita Spanish, Aragonese
An Aragonese surname derived from the Stock Bird, a species of bird.

Zurita Spanish
Habitational surname from either of two places called Zurita in Huesca and Cantabria named with a derivative of Basque zuri 'white'