Spanish (Latin American) Submitted Surnames

Abundis Spanish (Mexican)
The surname Abundis is patronymic from the Old Spanish personal name Abundio, ultimately from Latin abundus ‘abundant’, ‘plentiful’.

Aburto Basque, Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
The surname Aburto is a topographic name from Basque aburto ‘place of kermes oaks’, from abur ‘kermes oak’ + the locative suffix -lo.

Achio Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly derived from the town, Achio, near Guadalajara in Mexico. The name itself is probably from the Nahuatl achio meaning "frequent".

Acuna Spanish (Latin American)
Related tho the Acuna Indians of Mexico, there is also a city by the name. Popular in border areas of Mexico and Texas.

Adames Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Adame.

Agreda Spanish (Latin American)

Aguayo Spanish (Mexican)

Aguiler Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Aguilar or Aguilera.

Agustinez Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
Means "son of Agustín".

Ailán Spanish (Latin American)

Ainstein German (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Einstein. Most frequently used in Argentina.

Alarid Spanish (Mexican)
(via Ancestry.com) perhaps from Catalan alarit 'outcry' (Castilian alarido). This name is not found in Catalonia, but is very common in Mexico.

Alavez Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Alaves primarily used in Mexico.

Alejándrez Spanish (Mexican)
Means "son of Alejandro."

Alicea Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Alicia.

Alicon Spanish (Mexican)

Alirez Spanish (Mexican)
A protector. Rap. Loves all things Coral.

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

Alor Spanish (Mexican)

Álváez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Álvarez. Most frequently used in Panama.

Alvalle Spanish (Latin American)
A beautiful valley in Ortona

Amorena Spanish (Latin American)

Analicia American (Hispanic), Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican)

Anguino American, Spanish (Mexican)
Mexican-American last name

Angulo Spanish (Mexican)
Spanish: habitational name from Encima-Angulo in Burgos province.... [more]

Antoniz Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Antonio.

Arabel Spanish (Latin American)

Arabel Spanish (Latin American)

Arabel Spanish (Latin American)

Aray Spanish (Latin American)

Arcila Spanish (Latin American)
Means "clay" in Spanish. (compare Arcilla)

Arganda Spanish (Latin American), Spanish
town in spain / arganda del rey

Arnaz Spanish (Caribbean)

Arona Spanish (Latin American)

Arrieta Spanish (Latin American)

Arriva Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Avellan Spanish (Latin American)

Avenida Spanish (Latin American)
The name translates to English, meaning "avenue."

Avica Spanish (Latin American)

Baglietto Spanish (Latin American)

Bardomiano Spanish (Mexican)

Barrino Spanish (Latin American)

Beas Spanish (Mexican)
Spanish (common in Mexico): habitational name from any of the places in Andalusia named Beas.

Bedor Spanish (Latin American)

Benibamonde Spanish (Latin American)

Berchelt Spanish (Mexican)
Spanish form of Burchell.

Bermitt Spanish (Latin American)

Berschelt Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Berchelt.

Bosquez Spanish (Mexican)

Buenrostro Spanish (Mexican)
Means "good visage" in Spanish.

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

Caballo Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the Spanish word cabello, ultimately derived from the Latin word caballus, meaning "horse". This denoted someone who worked in a farm that took care of horses, or someone who had personality traits attributed to a horse, such as energetic behaviour.

Cacimiro Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Casimiro.

California Spanish (Latin American)

Calzada Spanish (Latin American)
Means "road" in Spanish.

Camela Spanish (Mexican)

Campuzano Spanish (Latin American)

Candida Spanish (Caribbean, Latinized, Archaic)

Cañete Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
Habitational name for a person from any of the places in Spain called Cañete, such as Cañete de las Torres (Seville), Cañete la Real (Málaga) and Cañete (Cuenca).

Canizales Spanish (Latin American)
This surname came from around the beginnings of 1800 in south regions of Colombia where sugar cane was cultivated. It's a variation of Cañizales, that literally means "sugar cane fields".

Cansino Spanish (Mexican)

Capriel Spanish (Latin American)

Caravantes Spanish (Mexican)

Cardenal Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognitive of Cardinal. This surname is common in Nicaragua.

Carvajal Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Carabajal

Cassatta Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Cassata. Mostly used in Argentina.

Castañez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Castaño.

Cayetano Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Cayetano.

Cerin Spanish (Latin American)

Chaboya Spanish (Mexican)

Charvel Spanish (Mexican)

Chilavert Spanish (Latin American)

Choquehuanca Spanish (Latin American)

Coloma Spanish (Latin American)

Condor Catalan (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)

Corimanya Spanish (Latin American)

Coris Spanish (Latin American)

Coronado Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic), Spanish (Philippines)
Means "crowned." This was possibly a nickname for one resembling a clergyman who has received the tonsure.

Corpancho Spanish (Latin American)

Corsino Filipino, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian
Diminutive of Corso.

Corso Italian, English (American), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Either derived from the given name Bonaccorso or taken from Italian and Spanish corso, denoting someone who lived in Corsica.

Coti Spanish (Latin American)

Cotto Spanish (Caribbean)

Coutiño Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognate of Coutinho.

Cresencio Filipino, Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Cresencio

Crisólogo Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
From the given name Crisólogo.

Cristales Central American, Filipino, Spanish (Mexican, Rare), South American (Rare)
Plural form of Spanish cristal meaning "crystal."... [more]

Cumbá Spanish (Caribbean)

De Dios Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Means "of God" in Spanish.

De Jesús Spanish (Latin American)
Means "of Jesus" in Spanish.

De La Luz Spanish (Mexican)
Means "of the Light" in Spanish.

De La Paz Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of De Paz.

De La Rosa Spanish (Latin American)
Means "of the Rose" in Spanish.

De Los Ángeles Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Spanish (Philippines, Archaic)
Means "of the Angels" in Spanish.

Del Rancho Spanish (Mexican)
Name given to a rancher or someone from a ranch.

Del Rayo Spanish (Mexican)
Means "of the lightning" in Spanish. Primarily used mostly in Mexico.

Deogracia Spanish (Caribbean)

De Paz Spanish (Latin American)
Means "of Peace" in Spanish.

Donaires Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Donaire.

Dramis Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Not just a surname in Italy; it can also be found in Argentina and Brazil.... [more]

Estacio Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Estacio.

Esteria Filipino, Spanish (Mexican)

Estrella Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Means "star" in Spanish.

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".

Eusebio Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), Italian (Rare)
From the given name Eusebio.

Favela Spanish (Latin American)

Firó Spanish (Mexican)

Flamenco Spanish (Latin American)
From the name of the art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain.

Fulcar Spanish (Latin American)
Most common in the Dominican Republic.

Galarraga Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)

Gallareta Spanish (Mexican)

Garibay Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Castilianized form of Garibai.

Gazpar Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Gaspar.

Geisslerra Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish form of Geißler found in Cuba and Argentina from German Ancestors

Gourriel Spanish (Caribbean)

Govea Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican)
Spanish form of Gouveia.

Griminesa Spanish (Latin American)

Gruezo Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)
From Catalan meaning "thick".

Guendulain Spanish (Latin American)

Guereca Spanish (Mexican)

Güero Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
A given nickname in latin America of a person with light features.... [more]

Haro Spanish (Mexican)
Perhaps a shortened version of the name "de Haro"

Heraldez Spanish (Mexican)
The surname is a variation of Hernando, given birth by an outlaw

Herra Spanish (Latin American)

Hipólito Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name Hipólito.

Ibar Spanish (Mexican)

Ibares Spanish (Latin American)

Inocencio Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Inocencio.

Inveninato Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Italian (Rare)

Iraheta Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Iraeta.

Jaller Spanish (Latin American)

Jarita Spanish (Latin American)

Jaspe Spanish (Latin American)

Jassan Spanish (Mexican)

Joachin Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Joaquín.

Joffé Spanish (Latin American)

Jonda Spanish (Latin American, Japanized), American (Hispanic)
Jondá means Slingshot and hole in Spanish and is a surname in some Latin American countries and Americans with Hispanic heritage. It is a Japanized form of the surname Honda... [more]

Juáres Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Juárez.

Junious Spanish (Latin American), Yiddish
spanish

Juvenal Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese
From the given name Juvenal

Kuilan Spanish (Latin American)

Lajone Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Largaespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Combination of Spanish larga, the feminine form of the adjective largo meaning "long," and espada meaning "sword." It is mostly used in Nicaragua.

Larguespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Variant of Largaespada, used in Nicaragua.

Lavida Spanish (Mexican)

Layun Spanish (Latin American)

Ledesma Arabic (Mashriqi), Filipino, Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), Arabic

Leija Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning uncertain, but it might be a variant of Leixà.

Lennis Spanish (Latin American)

Liatt Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)

Liñán Spanish (Mexican)

Lineu Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Modern)

Llamas Spanish (Latin American)

Llanes Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Likely denoted someone who came from the municipality of Llanes in Spain.

Logaña Spanish (Latin American)

Loli Spanish (Latin American)

Lomar Spanish (Latin American)

Lomeli Spanish (Mexican)

Lomonico Spanish (Latin American)

Loray Spanish (Latin American)

Lovato Spanish (Latin American), Italian
Northern Italian from the Late Latin personal name Lupatus, derivative of Latin lupus "wolf". This is one of several medieval personal names which became popular under the influence of Germanic compound personal names formed with wolf-.

Lucario Spanish (Mexican)

Lupetey Spanish (Caribbean)

Lupoe Spanish (Caribbean)

Maawad Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Arabic (Rare, ?)

Macedo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)
Referred to a person who worked or lived at an apple orchard. It is derived from Vulgar Latin mattianēta meaning "place with apple trees."

Maceo Spanish (Caribbean)
Derived from the given name Maceo.

Madrid Spanish (Latin American)

Maisonet French, Spanish (Caribbean)
Diminutive of Maison.

Malave Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish (Latin American)

Mancinas Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Mancini or Mancino, common in Mexico.

Mandarin Spanish (Mexican)

Manzano Spanish (Mexican)
Habitational name from any of various minor places named Manzano, or a topographic name for someone who lived by an apple tree or orchard, from Spanish manzano ‘apple tree’, Old Spanish maçano, from maçana ‘apple’, Late Latin (mala) Mattiana, a type of apple named in honor of the 1st century bc horticultural writer Gaius Matius.

Marcano Spanish, Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish variant of Marciano

Margarito Spanish (Mexican)
From Spanish margarita "daisy".

Maripan Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown, mostly used in Chile.

Marroquín Spanish (Latin American)
Ethnic Name For Someone From Morocco. This Surname Is Most Common In Central America.

Martez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Martes.

Martinien Spanish (Latin American)
A rare Latin American form of Martinez or Martin, meaning "Warring" or "At war"

Matarrita Spanish (Latin American)
Mostly used in Costa Rica.

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]

Mercades Spanish (Latin American)

Mercedes Spanish (Caribbean)
Means "mercies," from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, María de las Mercedes, meaning "Mary of Mercies."

Meseta Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning "plateau" in Spanish. Primarily used mostly in Mexico.

Mesías Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish, meaning Messiah.

Milian Spanish (Caribbean)

Mirena Spanish (Latin American)

Mocha Spanish (Latin American)

Moina Spanish (Latin American)

Montas Spanish (Caribbean)

Monterosa Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish monte meaning "mountain", and rosa meaning "pink, rose".

Montezuma Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the word monte meaning "hill". Most frequently used in Panama.

Morocco Spanish (Latin American)

Morocco Spanish (Latin American)

Morocco Spanish (Latin American)

Mox Spanish (Latin American)

Muratalla Spanish (Mexican)

Naiza Spanish (Latin American)

Naola Spanish (Latin American)

Navarrate Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Navarrete.

Neico Spanish (Latin American)

Niella Spanish (Latin American)

Niz Spanish (Latin American, Hispanicized, Modern)
Derived from the city of Nice in France, usually a surname given to someone without paternal recognition in that city.... [more]

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

Oceguera Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Oseguera.

Octaviano Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Mexican)
From the given name Octaviano.

Orlian Spanish (Latin American)

Palafox Spanish (Mexican)
From Palafolls, a Catalan place name.

Palomina Spanish (Latin American)

Pantaleón Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Pantaleón.

Paras Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Parras.

Paunero Spanish (Latin American)

Pavon Spanish (Latin American)
Nickname for a proud man

Pedroza Spanish (Mexican)

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.

Persia Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)

Pinal Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Piñal. This surname occurs more in Mexico.

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

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

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

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)

Quian Filipino, Spanish (Latin American)

Quintanilla Spanish (Latin American)

Rabagos Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Rabago.

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

Reynaga Spanish (Mexican)

Reynaldez Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Means "son of Reynaldo" in Spanish.

Rialta Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Romello Spanish (Latin American)

Rufio Spanish (Mexican)

Rulfo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)

Saldías Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

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

San Agustín Spanish (Mexican)
Means "Saint Augustine 1" in Spanish.

Sanchaz Spanish (Caribbean)

Sandia Spanish (Latin American)

San Germán Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Means "Saint Germanus" in Spanish.

Santa María Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Santamaría.

Sarcos Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

Sarmiento Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
From Latin sarmentum meaning "vine shoot."

Saza Spanish (Latin American)

Seres Spanish (Latin American)

Servín Spanish (Mexican)

Sidone Spanish (Latin American)

Sifuentes Spanish (Latin American)

Sigil Turkish, Spanish (Latin American)

Silba Spanish (Latin American)

Sintron Spanish (Caribbean)
Variant of Cintron.

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

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

Spoltore Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Suares Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Suárez.

Suazo Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Basque
"Castilianized form of Basque Zuhatzu, habitational name from places in Araba and Navarre named Zuhatzu, from Basquezu(h)aitz‘tree’ + the collective suffix -zu, tsu."... [more]

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Tacen Spanish (Latin American)

Tanajara Japanese (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Hispanicized form of Tanahara.

Tavárez Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish form of Tavares chiefly used in the Dominican Republic.

Tenorio Spanish (Latin American)

Teran Spanish (Latin American)

Tifni Spanish (Latin American)

Tiniacos Spanish (Latin American)

Torriente Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Cuban name likely meaning "river".

Tristán Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
From the personal name Tristán.

Uranda Spanish (Mexican)

Urgellés Spanish (Caribbean)

Uvalle Spanish (Latin American)

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

Vascones Spanish (Latin American)

Veracruz Spanish (Mexican)
Originally denoted a person from Veracruz, Mexico, from Latin vera crux meaning "true cross".

Veranes Spanish (Caribbean)

Villafuerte Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villafuerte de Esgueva in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain.

Villareal Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Variant of Villarreal primarily used in the Philippines and Columbia.

Villavicencio Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villavicencio de los Caballeros in Castile and León, Spain.

Violy Spanish (Latin American)

Vulcano Spanish (Caribbean)

Wero Spanish (Latin American), Maori
Maori: Means "to cast a spear"... [more]

Xen Spanish (Latin American)

Yerba Spanish (Latin American)

Yerbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish yerba buena meaning "good herb"

Yesca Spanish (Latin American)

Yisselin Spanish (Latin American)

Yoami Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Yris Spanish (Mexican)

Zacatenco Spanish (Mexican)
One who came from Zacatecas.

Zanel Spanish (Latin American)

Zavalia Spanish (Latin American, Americanized)

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

Zendejas Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Cendejas.