South American Submitted Surnames

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".

Pedroso Portuguese
Its origin is the word "pedra", which means "stone".

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

Pellicer Spanish
Spanish variant of Pelletier

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
Means "son of Pedro" in Spanish and Portuguese. Means "son of Pere" in Catalan... [more]

Perón Spanish

Persaud Indian, South American
Indo-Guyanese form of Prasad. This is the most common surname in Guyana.

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]

Pescador Spanish
Means "fisherman, fisher" in Spanish.

Pesquera Spanish

Pessegueiro Portuguese
Means "peach tree" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin persicum. It indicated a person who lived near or worked with peach trees.

Pessoa Portuguese
From Portuguese pessoa meaning "person."

Petiton Spanish

Phil South American

Pichardo Spanish
Spanish form of the surname Picard

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

Pig South American

Pikachu Brazilian
From Japanese ピカチュウ (Pikachuu), derived from the onomatopoeic words ピカピカ (pikapika), a sparkly sound, and チュウチュウ (chuuchuu), a mouse sound. It happens to be a nickname for someone with a short stature who runs super fast according to the famous barrier Yago Pikachu (born Glaybson Yago Souza Lisboa) a Brazilian footballer who plays for Fortaleza.

Pimentel Portuguese

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

Pineda Spanish, Catalan
Habitational name from any of the places in the provinces of Barcelona, Cuenca, and Burgos named Pineda, from Spanish and Catalan pineda "pine forest".

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

Pingo Portuguese (Brazilian)

Pingus South American

Piñon Spanish

Pires Portuguese (Latinized, Modern)
Etymologicaly, the name PIRES comes from the Latin, and means "The one who belongs to Peter's family".... [more]

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.

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

Plata Spanish
Habitational name from places in Toledo and Cáceres provinces named Plata, or various places named La Plata.

Plata Spanish
Byname from plata "silver".

Pliar Spanish

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

Pogo South American

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.

Pombal Portuguese
from the portuguese word: pombo meaning "dove", "pigeon". ... [more]

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 De Leon Spanish
Compound name composed of the family name Ponce + the habitational name León.

Ponciano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Ponciano.

Ponente Spanish

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.

Portilla Spanish
Variant of Portillo.

Portillo Spanish
Meaning unknown.

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]

Potenciano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Potenciano.

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

Prado Spanish

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

Preto Portuguese
comes from the Portuguese word preto meaning "black" or "dark". referring to someone with dark skin and/or hair. possibly a cognate of the spanish surname Prieto

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.

Proximo Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

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".

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.

Quaglia South American

Quaglio Brazilian

Quaresma Portuguese
Means "Lent" in Portuguese.

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.

Quispe Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua qispi meaning "free".

Rabago Spanish
Habitational name from Rábago in Cantabria province.

Rabagos Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Rabago.

Rabaneda Spanish

Rachlyn Jewish (Rare), Polish (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Rachlyn is a Jewish surname derived directly from polish "Rachman". This surname is very rare and apparently only few members in Brazil, descendants of Polish survivors of Holocaust.... [more]

Raia Galician, Spanish
Variant of Raya.

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.

Ramalho Portuguese

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

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).

Rampersaud Indian, South American
Indo-Guyanese variant of Rampersad.

Ramus Spanish

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

Raposo Portuguese, Galician
Means "fox".

Rapoza Portuguese

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

Rebeque Portuguese (Brazilian)

Redes Portuguese (?)

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

Rego Portuguese
Primarily Iberian, particularly Portuguese in origin. A topographic name for someone who lived by a channel.

Regueiro Galician, Portuguese
The name originated in Ourense (Galicia) in the 14th Century. It´s literal meaning in Portuguese is river. It is a surname referring to a person who lived near a river or water source.

Reinoso Spanish
Meaning "place of fields".

Reis Portuguese
Means "kings" in Portuguese.

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.

Requião Portuguese
Derived from the name of a village in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, ultimately from the name of Rechila, a 5th-century Suevic king of Gallaecia.

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

Reube English, Brazilian

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

Reyna Spanish
This could possibly be transferred use of the first name Reyna, which is a variant of Reina, and means "queen". This was ranked #987 for the most popular last names in the United states in 2010.

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

Riaño Spanish

Ribas Spanish
Variant of Rivas.

Ribeira Portuguese
Variant of Ribeiro.

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

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

Rico Spanish, Italian
From the given name Rico.

Rio Spanish, French

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.

Ritaquevedo Brazilian

Rito Spanish, Portuguese

Riveira Spanish

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

Riverdi Brazilian

Riverdito South American

Riverdo South American

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".

Rochez Spanish (?)

Rodrigo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Rodrigo.

Rodriguez Spanish (Anglicized)
Cognate of Rodríguez

Roel English, Spanish, Dutch, German
From the name Roeland, meaning "famous country".

Rogelio Spanish
From the given name Rogelio.

Rojan Spanish
Variant of Rojas.

Romagosa Spanish

Román Spanish, Hungarian
From the given name Román.

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

Romaña Spanish
Habitational name from the Italian city of Romagna.

Romello Spanish (Latin American)

Romeu Portuguese
From the given name Romeu.

Romio Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)

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

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

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.

Roseta Portuguese

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."

Rugamas Spanish, Central American

Rulfo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)

Sá Portuguese, Galician
Variant spelling of Saa, a habitational name from any of the numerous places named Saa, mainly in northern Portugal and Galicia.

Saa Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named Saa, mainly in northern Portugal and Galicia.

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".

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.

Sáez Spanish
Derived from an uncertain given name, possibly Sancho.

Saez French, Spanish

Sagrado Spanish

Sahagún Spanish
Habitational name from Sahagùn in Lleón province.

Sainz Spanish
A variation of the surname Saenz, derived from the extremely 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'.

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.

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’.

Salendy Brazilian

Salgado Galician, Portuguese
Nickname for a witty person.

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".

Salomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Salomón.

Salvador Filipino, Spanish, Catalan, Tagalog, Portuguese
From the popular Christian personal name Salvador, meaning "Savior" (Latin Salvator, a derivative of salvare "to save"), bestowed in honor of Christ.

Salvín Spanish

Samichand South American (Rare)

San Spanish

Sanabria Spanish (?)

San Andrés Spanish
Means "Saint Andrew" in Spanish.

Sanchas Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)

Sanches Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Sanchez.

Sanchis Spanish

Sánchiz Spanish
Variant of Sánchez.

Sancho Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Sancho.

Sandia Spanish (Latin American)

Sandrino Spanish (Rare)

San Francisco Spanish
In honor of Saint Francis.

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).

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

San Pedro Spanish
Means Saint Peter in Spanish

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

Santellan Spanish

Santibáñez Spanish

Santillan Spanish

Santistevan Spanish
Status of nobility

Sanx Spanish
A variation of the surname Saenz, 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]

São João Portuguese
Means "St. John" in Portuguese.

São Jorge Portuguese
“St George.”

São Lucas Portuguese
Means "St. Luke" in Portuguese.

São Pedro Portuguese
Means Saint Peter in Portuguese.

Saraiva Portuguese
It literally means "hail".

Saramago Portuguese
It's the name of a plant.

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]

Sardinha Portuguese
Portuguese last name meaning "sardine seller".

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

Sarmento Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Sarmiento.

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 (?)

Savinon Spanish

Saza Spanish (Latin American)

Schincariol Italian, Portuguese
Unknown meaning.

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".

Sendra Spanish

Senna Portuguese
Possibly coming from the surname "Sanna", it may mean "one with a big protruding tooth".... [more]

Senra Portuguese

Sepeda Spanish
Variant of Cepeda

Sepúlvado Spanish
Variant of Sepúlveda.

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

Servantes Spanish
Variant of Cervantes.

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).

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]

Sgorlon Brazilian, Italian

Shanakki Portuguese (Brazilian)

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)

Silverio Spanish, Galician, Italian
From the given name Silverio

Silvestre Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Silvestre

Silvia Portuguese (Americanized)
SILVIA is an Americanized version of the Portuguese surname Silva, which is derived from the Latin silvae and Portuguese silva words meaning “forest,” “woodland,” or “jungle.” This variation of the surname SILVA was often adopted by Portuguese immigrants upon arrival to the United States.

Silvinski Brazilian
The exact origin of Silvinski is unknown.

Simpliciano Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Simpliciano

Simplicio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Simplicio

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Sofia Spanish
From the given name Sofia.

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.

Solís Spanish, Asturian
Derived from the word sol meaning "sun" in Spanish.

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.

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