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Robleda Spanish
From Spanish meaning "oak grove".

Rochedo Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Rocha.

Rogelio Spanish
From the given name Rogelio.

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

Romello Spanish (Latin American)

Rosillo Spanish, Caribbean

Roverso Portuguese

Rugamas Spanish, Central American

Ruidíaz Spanish

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.

Sagrado Spanish

Sahagún Spanish
Habitational name from Sahagùn in Lleón province.

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.

Saldano Spanish

Saldías Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Salendy Brazilian

Salgado Galician, Portuguese
Nickname for a witty person, from Galician or Portuguese salgado meaning "salty" (figuratively "witty, sharp").

Salizar Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Salazar.

Salomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Salomón.

Sanchas Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)

Sanches Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Sanchez.

Sanchis Spanish

Sánchiz Spanish
Variant of Sánchez.

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.

Santano Spanish
Possibly a variant of Santana.

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

Saraiva Portuguese
It literally means "hail".

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.

Saturno Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Spanish
Descendant of Saturn.

Saucedo Spanish
Variant of Salcedo

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

Segovia Spanish

Segundo Spanish
From the given name Segundo.

Serafín Spanish, Galician
From the given name Serafín.

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

Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.

Silvela Spanish

Silvera Spanish
Spanish cognate of Silveira.

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.

Somoano Spanish

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

Specker South American

Spínola Portuguese
Portuguese topographic name from a diminutive of espinha ‘thorn’, ‘thorn bush’.

Suellyn Brazilian

Sumrall Spanish

Tabares Spanish
Spanish form of Tavares.

Tafolla Spanish
Possibly a derivative of southern Spanish tafulla, tahulla, a term denoting a measure of land. The surname is not found in present-day Spain.

Tamacas Spanish, Central American

Tartaro Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone who was from Tatarstan or who had traded with Tatarstan.

Tecelão Portuguese (Rare)
Means "weaver."

Tejidor Spanish

Tenorio Spanish
Possibly a habitational name from a place called Tenorio in Pontevedra province, Spain.

Tenorio Spanish (Latin American)

Tercero Spanish
Means "third" in Spanish (see Tercero).

Texeira Portuguese
Variant of Teixeira.

Texidor Spanish

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

Torcato Portuguese
From the given name Torcato.

Toribio Spanish
From the given name Toribio.

Torrado Spanish

Torrent Spanish
A topographical name for someone who lived by a flood stream, deriving from the Spanish torrente. Topographical surnames were among the earliest created, since both natural and man-made features in the landscape provided easily recognisable distinguish names in the small communities of the Middle Ages... [more]

Toscano Italian, Spanish
Originally indicated someone who came from the region of Tuscany in central Italy.

Tostado Spanish
Means "toasted; tanned" or "brown, dark" in Spanish, a nickname for someone with dark skin, or who tanned easily.

Treviño Spanish
Habitational name from either of the places so named in the provinces of Burgos and Santander, possibly derived from Latin trifinium "place where three boundaries meet".

Trevino Spanish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Treviño.

Urriola Spanish
Variant of Arriola.

Utitiaj Spanish

Uvalles Spanish

Valadez Asturian, Spanish, Mexican
Asturian-Leonese variant of Valdez.

Valeiro Portuguese
Variant of Valério.

Valente Italian, Galician, Portuguese
Italian, Galician, and Portuguese: nickname from valente ‘brave’, ‘valiant’.... [more]

Valério Portuguese
From the given name Valério.

Valezze Spanish
Variant of Valez

Vallejo Spanish, Caribbean
Denoted someone who lived in a small valley.

Vanegas Spanish
Variant of Venegas.

Vaquero Spanish
occupational name from vaquero "cowboy".

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

Velarde Spanish

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

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

Verdugo Spanish
Occupational name meaning "executioner".

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

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

Viciedo Spanish (Rare)

Victori Spanish

Vijarro Spanish

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

Villava Spanish

Villeda Spanish
Probably from french.

Villega Spanish

Villota Spanish

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

Vinuesa Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

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

Vizinho Portuguese
Portuguese form of Voisin.

Ximenes Portuguese
Portuguese form of Jiménez.

Ximénez Spanish (Archaic)
Archaic form of Jiménez

Yñiguez Spanish
Variant of Íñiguez.

Zanchez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Sanchez.

Zavalia Spanish (Latin American, Americanized)

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

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

Zenteno Spanish
Variant of Centeno

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

Zuluaga South American

Zulueta Spanish