South American Submitted Surnames

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.

Raigon Spanish

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
Means "cut branch, brushwood" in Portuguese, used as a habitational name from any of various places called Ramalho.

Ramientas Spanish
Ramientas from Spanish word "herramientas" which means tools....

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

Ramkissoon Trinidadian Creole, Mauritian Creole, South African, South American
Altered form of Ramakrishnan used mainly in Trinidad and Tobago, Mauritius, South Africa and Guyana. This surname is not used in India.

Ramón Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
From the given name Ramón.

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).

Ramoz Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Ramos.

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

Ramus Spanish

Rangel German, Spanish, Portuguese
A variant of Rengel.

Raposo Portuguese, Galician
Means "fox".

Rapoza Portuguese

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

Raymundo Spanish
From the given name Raymundo.

Rayo Spanish, Catalan, Asturian
Spanish: from rayo ‘flash of lightning’, possibly a nickname in the sense ‘lively’.... [more]

Real Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician
Either a habitational name from any of numerous places called Real; those in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal being named from real "royal" or as variant of Rial while those in southern Spain and Catalonia are named in part from real meaning "encampment rural property" (Arabic raḥāl "farmhouse cabin")... [more]

Rebeque Portuguese (Brazilian)

Rebolledo Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Rebolledo for example Rebolledo de la Torre in Burgos from rebollo denoting a species of oak.

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.

Rei Portuguese, Galician
Cognate of Rey 1

Reina Spanish, Portuguese
Either a habitational name from any of the places called Reina. Or most likely from the female personal name Reina 1 (from Latin Regina) otherwise a nickname from reina "queen".

Reinoso Spanish, South American
Meaning "place of fields".

Reis Portuguese
Means "kings" in Portuguese.

Relvas Portuguese

Remigio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Remigio

Rengel Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Rengel in Málaga province.

Rentería Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Errenteria, the name of two towns in Gipuzkoa and Biscay provinces, Basque Country. Means "customs" in Spanish.

Requena Spanish, Catalan
habitational name from Requena in Valencia or Requena de Campos in Palencia apparently so called from a short form of the various Visigothic compound personal names with the first element rīc "powerful" with the addition of the locative suffix -ena.

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.

Resano Spanish, Central American

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, Caribbean
This could be transferred use of the first name Reyna, a variant of Reina, which means "queen".

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
From the given name Ricardo

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

Rimas South American

Rio Spanish, French

Riquelme Spanish
Spanish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements rīc 'power(ful)' + helm 'helmet protection'.

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

Rivadeneira Spanish
habitational name from a parish named Riba de Neira in Lugo province meaning 'bank of the river Neira' Neira being a tributary of the Miño.

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.

Robertis Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Robertiz.

Robertiz Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Roberto.

Roberto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Roberto

Robleda Spanish
From Spanish meaning "oak grove".

Rocamontes Spanish

Rochedo Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Rocha.

Rochez Spanish (?)

Roel Spanish
Habitational name.

Rogelio Spanish
From the given name Rogelio.

Roja Spanish

Rojan Spanish
Variant of Rojas.

Rojos Spanish

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

Romagosa Spanish

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.

Roncesvalles Spanish
The name of a village in Navarre (Spain) where there was a Priory of Saint Mary of which the Hospital of Our Lady of Rouncevale at Charing Cross London was a cell.

Rondriez m Spanish
derived from Rodríguez, the latter comes from the given name Rodrigo which means "famous ruler" or "renowned power" in its Germanic origin (from "hrod" meaning fame and "ric" meaning ruler or power).

Rongavilla Spanish

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

Rosillo Spanish, Caribbean

Rotela South American

Rovelo Spanish

Roverso 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.

Rugamas Spanish, Central American

Ruidíaz Spanish

Ruldio Spanish (Latin American)
Unknown, possibly a Spanish variant of "radio".

Rulfo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)

Ruz Spanish
Possibly a variant of Ruiz or Cruz.

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, Mexican
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".

Sablan Spanish
Of Savoy.

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.

Saez French, Spanish

Sagrado Spanish

Sahagún Spanish
Habitational name from Sahagùn in Lleón province.

Sainz Spanish
A variation of the surname Sáenz, derived from the extremely popular medieval given name Sancho... [more]

Saiz Spanish
Variant of Sáez.

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.

Saldanha Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Saldaña.

Saldano Spanish

Saldías Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

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, from Galician or Portuguese salgado meaning "salty" (figuratively "witty, sharp").

Salgueiro Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Salguero.

Salguero Spanish
Means "willow tree" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin salix. It was either a topographic name for someone who lived near willow trees or a habitational name for someone from the city of Salguero in Burgos, Spain (also derived from this word).

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".

Salmerón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Murcian volcano.

Salomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Salomón.

Salvatierra Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Salvatierra (literally ‘save land’ denoting a place of strategic importance).... [more]

Salvín Spanish

Samaniego Basque, Spanish
Habitational name from a town and municipality in Álava, Basque Country, of uncertain etymology.

Samba Spanish
Spanish surname of unknown origin maybe from the same origin as the name for the dance. Omar Samba has this surname.

Samichand South American (Rare)

Samorano South American

Sampedro Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
habitational name from any of several places especially in Galicia so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter; variant of San Pedro.

San Spanish

Sanabria Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognate of Seabra.

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.

Sandia Spanish (Latin American)

Sandrino Spanish (Rare)

San Francisco Spanish
In honor of Saint Francis.

Sanhueza South American

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).

Sanjurjo Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From Any Of Numerous Places In Galicia (Spain) Named Sanjurjo For A Local Church Or Shrine Dedicated To Saint George

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 Martín Spanish
(San Martín; also Sanmartín): habitational name from any of numerous places so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Martin (Spanish 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).

Sanoguet Spanish

San Pedro Spanish
Means Saint Peter in Spanish

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.

Sanroman 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.

Santa Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Santos.

Santacruz Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called with Santa Cruz 'the Holy Cross' from the dedication of a local church or shrine from santa 'holy' + cruz 'cross'.

Santaella Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality at the coordinates 37°34′03″N 4°50′48″W.

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]

Santano Spanish
Possibly a variant of Santana.

Santaolalla Spanish
From a Spanish place named for Saint Eulalia (See Olalla).

Santas Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Possibly a nickame for someone born on All Saint's Day.

Santayana Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Spanish variant of Santana. This name was borne by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952).

Santelices Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality of the municipality of Merindad de Valdeporres.

Santellan Spanish

Santibáñez Spanish

Santiesteban Spanish
Variant of Santisteban

Santillán Spanish

Santisteban Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Santisteban or Santesteban (from the Latin genitive form Sancti Stephani) for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Stephen.

Santistevan Spanish
Status of nobility

Santistevan Spanish
Variant of Santistevan

Santostefano Spanish
Habitational name of numerous churches dedicated to Saint Stephen

Sanx Spanish
A variation of the surname Sáenz, 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 (Rare)
Denoted a person from Sardinia, Italy.

Sardina Italian, Spanish, Galician, Mexican
From sardina Galician sardiña "sardine" used for someone as a catcher or seller of the fish or a nickname for a thin person.

Sardinha Portuguese
Portuguese last name meaning "sardine seller".

Sardón South American

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 (?)

Saviñón Spanish
Probably of French origin, an altered form of Savignon which is from a pet form of the personal name Savin or a habitational name from place called Savignon in Ardèche.

Savinon Spanish

Saza Spanish (Latin American)

Schincariol Italian, Portuguese
Unknown meaning.

Seabra Portuguese
Habitational name from the town of Puebla de Sanabria in northwestern Spain of uncertain meaning, possibly of Arabic, Celtic or Latin origin.

Sebastián Spanish
From the given name Sebastián.

Sebastião Portuguese, Central African

Segadães Portuguese
Derived from several places named Segadães in Portugal.

Segovia Spanish

Segoviano Spanish
One who came from Segovia, a region from Spain.

Segui Spanish

Segundo Spanish
From the given name Segundo.

Seisdedos Spanish

Seixas Portuguese
Habitational name from any of various places called Seixas in Galicia, Spain, most likely derived from Galician seixo meaning "pebble, stone" (ultimately from Latin saxum).

Semedo Portuguese

Seminario Spanish (Latin American)
Means "seminar" in Spanish, likely denoting an academic person. Miguel Grau Seminario (1834-1879) was the most renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the naval battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific

Sendra Spanish

Senestro South American

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.

Sequeira Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese variant and Spanish form of Siqueira.

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 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh) meaning "valley, plain" through Arabic إشبيلية (ʔišbīliya).

Sevillano Spanish
Habitational name for someone from the city of Sevilla in Andalusia (see Sevilla).

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)

Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.

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)

Silvela Spanish

Silvera Spanish
Spanish cognate of Silveira.

Silverio Spanish, Galician, Italian
From the given name Silverio

Silvestre Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Silvestre.

Silveyra Spanish
Topographic name from silveira 'woodland', a collective derivative of silva (see Silva ); or a habitational name from any of the places called Silveira in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces, Galicia, Iberia.

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.

Simancas Spanish
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 places: the municipality in the Comarca of Campiña del Pisuerga or the administrative neighborhood of the Madrid district of San Blas-Canillejas.

Simão Portuguese, Central African

Simpliciano Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Simpliciano

Simplicio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Simplicio

Sinchi m Spanish

Siqueira Portuguese
Habitational name from numerous places called Siqueira or Sequeira in Portugal or Galicia, derived from sequeira meaning "arid land" (ultimately from Latin siccus "dry").

Sobalvarro Spanish
Sobalvarro/Sobalbarro is a surname with known origins in the Iberian Peninsula. The first record of the name appears in the Basque regions of Spain. The name was purportedly constructed by combining the family name of Soba with the newly given Christian name, Alvarro.

Sobral Portuguese
Means "cork oak grove" in Portuguese.

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Sofia Spanish
From the given name Sofia.

Solalinde Spanish

Solana Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from solano 'place exposed to the sun'

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.

Solíz Spanish
Variant of Solís.

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.

Somoano Spanish

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

Soriano Spanish
Habitational sephardic name for someone from Soria in Castile, from the adjective soriano 'from Soria'.

Sotelo Spanish
From any of various places in Galicia named Soutelo, derived from Galician souto meaning "grove, plantation".

Sotero Galician, Spanish (?)
From the given name Sotero

Sotomayor Spanish
Castilianized form of Soutomaior.

Souto Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Soto.

Spain English, Spanish (Anglicized)
Derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spain.' A very early incomer.