Spanish (Caribbean) Submitted Surnames

These names are a subset of Spanish names used more often in the Spanish Caribbean.

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(p) will match a plosive or stop consonant
(f) will match a fricative consonant
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

ALMÁNZAR Spanish (Caribbean)
Derived from Arabic المنظر (al manẓar) meaning "the view" or "the lookout". This surname is primarily used in the Dominican Republic.

ARNAZ Spanish (Caribbean)

BWIRE Spanish (Caribbean)
A name that originated from the Dominican Republic then mostly used in Eastern Africa.

CANDIDA Spanish (Caribbean, Latinized, Archaic)

COTTO Spanish (Caribbean)

CUMBÁ Spanish (Caribbean)

ETIENAM Nigerian, Ibibio (?), Spanish (Caribbean, ?)
This is a name which originates from the Calabar/Akwa Ibom region of southeastern Nigeria. It means "a doer of good, or benevolent". It is also found in Spanish-speaking regions of the Caribbean such as Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba (El Oriente) which have populations of people of Ibibio/Efik decent known as "Carabali".

GEISSLERRA Spanish (Caribbean)
Name found in Cuba and Argentina from German Ancestors

GOURRIEL Spanish (Caribbean)

LUPETEY Spanish (Caribbean)

LUPOE Spanish (Caribbean)

MAISONET French, Spanish (Caribbean)
Diminutive of MAISON.

MENESES Spanish (Caribbean)
Meneses is my maternal grandfather's surname. He was born in Cuba in 1888 but his family came from Spain in the 1800's... [more]

MILIAN Spanish (Caribbean)

OCASIO Spanish (Caribbean)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Spanish ocasión meaning "occasion" or ocaso meaning "dusk, sunset". This surname is primarily used in Puerto Rico.

PERSIA Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)

POZO Spanish (Caribbean)
Means "well", as in wishing well

URGELLÉS Spanish (Caribbean)

VERANES Spanish (Caribbean)

VULCANO Spanish (Caribbean)

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