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Lerma Spanish

Levandoski Polish (Americanized), Polish (Portuguese-style), Polish (Anglicized), Brazilian, English (American), English (Canadian)
Form of Lewandowski.

Leyva Spanish

Lidio Spanish

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

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

Llamazares Spanish

Lobosvilla Spanish
Rare variant of Villalobos.

Loera Spanish

Lomar Spanish (Latin American)

Loray Spanish (Latin American)

Lorca Spanish (?)

Lorén Spanish
A variant of the Spanish personal name Llorente.

Lorez Spanish
Means "son of Lorenzo" in Spanish.

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

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

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

Macardican Spanish

Macas South American

Macho Spanish

Mafra Portuguese (Brazilian)

Magallanes Spanish
Spanish: Castilianized Form Of A Habitational Name From The Village Of Magaláns (Castilian Magalanes) In Pontevedra Province Galicia (Spain).

Maior Portuguese, Romanian

Malta Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
habitational or ethnic name for someone from the Mediterranean island of Malta (from Latin Melita Greek Melitē).

Mancisidor Spanish

Manzanares Spanish
Habitational Name From The City Of Manzanares In Ciudad Real Province

Mares Spanish
A quarternary sand used in construction.

Mário Portuguese, Central African

Marrasquin Spanish

Marte Spanish, Italian
From the given name Marte 2.

Marzo Spanish

Masco South American

Matajudíos Spanish

Matas Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
Variant of Mata.

Mátiz South American

Matta Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Mata.

Mayor English, Spanish, Catalan
English variant of Mayer 3 and Catalan variant of Major. Either a nickname for an older man or a distinguishing epithet for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name, from mayor "older", from Latin maior (natus), literally "greater (by birth)"... [more]

Medel Spanish

Meira Portuguese

Melquíades Spanish
From the given name Melquíades.

Mieza Spanish

Miguelañez Spanish
Derived from the given name Miguel.

Milán Spanish
Spanish form of Milan.

Miqueletos Spanish
From the Spanish given name Miguel.

Miramontes Spanish
Looker of mountains.

Mocha Spanish (Latin American)

Moina Spanish (Latin American)

Monasterio Spanish
Means "monastery" in Spanish, denoting a person who lives or works in a monastery.

Monge Spanish

Moniz Portuguese
From the medieval Portuguese first name Muhno.... [more]

Moniz Portuguese
Means "son of Munho".

Monteagudo Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Monteagudo (‘pointed mountain’) from monte ‘mountain’ + agudo ‘sharp pointed’ (from Latin acutus from acus ‘needle’) for example in the provinces of Murcia Teruel A Coruña and Navarre.

Monte De Oca Spanish
Variant of Montes De Oca.

Montemayor Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places called Montemayor, from monte meaning "mountain" + mayor meaning "main", "larger", "greater", in particular in the provinces of Cordova, Salamanca, and Valladolid.

Montenegro Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese monte meaning "mountain, hill" and negro meaning "black".

Montesinos Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived on a mountain from a derivative of monte 'mountain' (from Latin mons gentive montis).

Moros Spanish
Habitational name from Moros in Zaragoza province, so named from the plural of moro ‘Moor’, i.e. ‘the place where the Moors live’.

Moura Portuguese
Derived from the Portuguese word "Mouro", which refers to an individual from the Moor people. This is the feminine form of the word, often used in legends of enchanted moor women, which very common in Portugal... [more]

Mozel Portuguese (Brazilian)

Muñiz Spanish
Variant of Muñoz.

Murchinski Brazilian

Naiza Spanish (Latin American)

Najar Spanish
Spanish: Most Probably A Habitational Name From Najar Alicante. Alternatively It May Be An Occupational Name For A Carpenter Of Arabic Origin

Ñáñez Spanish
Patronymic from an unidentified personal name, perhaps it's a cognate of Ibáñez.

Naola Spanish (Latin American)

Nascimento Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "birth, nativity" in Portuguese, from Late Latin nascimentum, a derivative of Latin nasci "to be born". This was originally a religious byname. It was also an epithet of the Virgin Mary (Maria do Nascimento), and was used as a given name for children born on Christmas.

Natal Portuguese, Spanish
From the personal name Natal (from Latin Natalis), bestowed on someone born at Christmas or with reference to the Marian epithet María del Natal.

Natividade Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Natividad.

Navarrette Spanish
Variant of Navarrete.

Navas Spanish
Pural form of Spanish and Asturian-Leonese Nava (see also Naves).... [more]

Navia Spanish

Negro Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Jewish
Nickname or ethnic name from negro "black" (Latin niger), denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.

Negro Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Jewish
From a medieval continuation of the Latin personal name Niger.

Negro Italian, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Jewish
Nickname or ethnic name from negro "black" (continuation of Latin niger), denoting someone with dark hair, dark eyes, a dark complexion, someone who wore dark clothes, someone who worked a job in the night, or was otherwise associated with the night.

Negueruela Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous La Riojan ghost town.

Neico Spanish (Latin American)

Neiva Portuguese

Nepomuceno Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Philippines)
From the town of Nepomuk in the Czech Republic, in honor of Saint John of Nepomuk (1345-1393) (see given name Nepomuceno, of the same origin)... [more]

Neres Portuguese

Neves Portuguese
Means "snows" in Portuguese, derived from either the Marian title Maria das Neves "Mary of the Snows", or from any of several locations named for the title.

Nueva Spanish

Nuñez Spanish, Filipino
Variant of Núñez.

Nunez Spanish (Expatriate)
Simplified form of Núñez or Nuñez.

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

Ochotorena Spanish

Oliva Italian, Spanish
Of uncertain origin: derived either from a nickname to those who picked, worked with or sold olives, or from the given name Oliva.

Olivo Italian, Spanish
Topographic name from olivo "olive tree" or occupational name for someone who sold olives. Or from the given name Olivo given to someone born on Palm Sunday.

Ollervides Spanish

Oreli Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Orona Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from a town of this name in Burgos province.

Ortis Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Ortiz.

Oscar English, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Italian
From the given name Oscar.

Ostos Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Ostos which no longer exists; the surname was in the 15th century recorded near Écija in Seville.

Osuna Spanish
Habitational name from a place in the province of Seville, named from Arabic Oxuna, perhaps named from Late Latin Ursina (villa) "estate of Ursus" a byname meaning "bear".

Pablo Spanish
From the given name Pablo.

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

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

Paiva Portuguese
From the Portuguese word "paiva," which refers to a type of river or stream

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

Palenzuela Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

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]

Parayuelos Spanish

Pariz Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate or variant of Paris.

Paulo Portuguese, Central African

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.

Pejon Portuguese

Penha Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Peña.

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

Petry German, French, Luxembourgish, Walloon, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from the given name Peter.

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

Pilar Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for pillar.

Pilas Spanish

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

Pinão Portuguese

Pingo Portuguese (Brazilian)

Piñon Spanish

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.

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

Ponse Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Ponce.

Possi Brazilian

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.

Prada Italian, South American

Prado Spanish

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

Pruna Spanish (Rare)
Possibly a habitational name from a place so named in Spain. It could also be derived from Catalan pruna "plum".

Pueyo Spanish
From Spanish meaning "small hilltop".

Putipuerca Spanish
La vieja de Equi.

Quian Filipino, Spanish (Latin American)

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.

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

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

Ramus Spanish

Redes Portuguese (?)

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".

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".

Riaño Spanish

Ribas Spanish
Variant of Rivas.

Rimas South American

Rocamontes Spanish

Rojan Spanish
Variant of Rojas.

Rojos Spanish

Romeu Portuguese
From the given name Romeu.

Romio Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)

Rongavilla Spanish

Rosal Filipino, Spanish

Rosas Spanish, Catalan
Variants of Rosa or Rosales.

Rulfo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)

Sacramento Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning "sacrament" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Sáenz Spanish
Patronymic from an unidentified personal name, possibly from Sancho.

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

Salla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Romanian
Variant of Sala.

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

Sance Spanish (Latin American), Central American, French
Derived from the medieval given name Sans.

Santa Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Santos.

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.

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

Santibáñez Spanish

Segui Spanish

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

Senra Portuguese

Seres Spanish (Latin American)

Sigil Turkish, Spanish (Latin American)

Silba Spanish (Latin American)

Simão Portuguese, Central African

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.

Sofia Spanish
From the given name Sofia.

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.

Soria Spanish (Rare)
The Spanish last name, Soria, comes from a city in Spain called Soria

Souto Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Soto.

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

Suazo Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Basque Zuazo.

Sudan Arabic, Italian, Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Sudan or who had traded with Sudan. The name of the country is ultimately derived from Arabic سُود (sud) meaning "black", referring to the darker skin of the inhabitants.

Tacen Spanish (Latin American)

Tadeo Spanish
From the given name Tadeo

Talamantes Spanish
Habitational name from Talamantes in Zaragoza province

Tardáguila Spanish
Tardáguila is a Spanish surname that is believed to have originated from the Basque region of Spain. The surname is a combination of the words "tarda", which means late, and "aguila", which means eagle... [more]

Tassi Italian, South American
Could be a patronymic form of the given name Tasso, indicate the bearer is from one of several municipalities called Tasso, or be a nickname from Italian tasso meaning "badger (animal)" or "yew".

Tejas Spanish
Variant of Tejada.

Tembe Portuguese

Tenor Spanish

Teput South American

Teran Spanish (Latin American)

Terra Portuguese (Brazilian)

Tiago Portuguese
From the given name Tiago.

Tifni Spanish (Latin American)

Tobar Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.

Tomás Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
From the given name Tomás.

Torre Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian cognitive and, Spanish and Portuguese variant of Torres. From torre "tower" (from Latin turris).

Torrubiano Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the municipality of Torrubia de Soria.

Tosta Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Rare)
Perhaps a variant or shortened form of Spanish Tostado. Also compare Italian Tosto.

Trejo Spanish
Spanish habitational surname, for someone from Trexo, a place in Asturias in northwest Spain.

Truan Spanish
Means "Knave" or "Joker"

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

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

Uribe Spanish

Ursúa Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Urtsua.

Vabec French (Rare), Italian, Spanish

Valderrama Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places named Valderrama, as for example in Burgos province.

Valderrama Spanish
This surname is made up of the prefix "bal-" from latin "vallis," the equivalent of prefix "-valle" meaning a vale or a valley plus the Spanish "derramare" - to scatter or to spread. Hence, implies valley which is spread out.

Valdivieso Spanish
This place-name is derived from the Asturian word val-di-vieso, which means old man's-valley.

Valdiviezo South American, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Valdivieso.

Valdovinos Spanish
Spanish: from a personal name of ancient Germanic origin composed of the elements bald 'bold brave' + win 'friend'.

Valenciano Spanish
A Spanish surname. It is a regional name denoting someone from Valencia.

Valensuela Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant and Portuguese form of Valenzuela

Valentinis Friulian, Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Valentinus

Valenzuela Spanish
Habitational name from places named Valenzuela in Córdoba and Ciudad Real. The place name is a diminutive of Valencia, literally "little Valencia".

Valez Spanish
I think it is of Spanish Background possibly meaning 'Soldier' or 'Guard'. ... [more]

Valladolid Spanish
Habitational name from the city of this name.

Valle Spanish, Filipino, Italian
Habitational name from any of the many places named with valle "valley", or topographic name for someone who lived in a valley (Latin vallis).

Valtierrez Spanish

Vario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Vario. Also means "various" in Italian.

Vasco Spanish

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

Vegas Spanish

Veiga Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Vega.

Vejas Spanish
An altered form of the surname Behar

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 as well as habitational name from any of various places in Andalusia called Vélez.

Velêz Portuguese
Possibly a habitational name from Vellés in Salamanca.

Velez Portuguese, Caribbean
Variant of Velêz.

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.

Verón Spanish (Latin American)

Viana Portuguese (Brazilian)

Victoriano Spanish
From the given name Victoriano

Viejo Spanish
From Spanish meaning "old".

Viela Spanish, Portuguese

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

Villacorta Spanish

Villalbazo Spanish

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

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

Villamizar Spanish
Habitational name from Villamizar in León.

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".

Villarroel Spanish
Derivative and rarer version of Villa, unexplained. Compare Villarruel.

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.

Villoslada Spanish
From the village of Villoslada in Spain.

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."

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]

Wollermann South American

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, Mexican
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)

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

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

Zanel Spanish (Latin American)

Zarta South American
Chiefly used in Colombia.

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

Zuima Spanish

Zurdo Spanish
Means "left-handed" in Spanish.