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.

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)

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.

Alicea Spanish (Latin American)

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.

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.

Aray Spanish (Latin American)

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

Arnaz Spanish (Caribbean)

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.

Berschelt Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Berchelt.

Bosquez Spanish (Mexican)

Bravo Spanish, Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese
From a Spanish and Portuguese nickname for a fierce or violent man (from Spanish and Portuguese bravo "fierce, violent"). This surname was borne by Charles Bravo (1845-1876), a British lawyer and possible murder victim.

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.

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)

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

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

Castrejon Spanish (Mexican)
Found on Ancestry.com

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

Cerin Spanish (Latin American)

Charvel Spanish (Mexican)

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.

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

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 Jesus Brazilian, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Dejesus.

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)
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]

Escuintla Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Taken from a town from El Salvador named "Escuintla".

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".

Favela Spanish (Latin American)

Firó Spanish (Mexican)

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

Galarraga Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)

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

Geisslerra Spanish (Caribbean)
Name 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)

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"

Hawayek Spanish (Mexican, Rare), ? (Rare)

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

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

Ibares Spanish (Latin American)

Iraheta Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Iraeta.

Jacinto Portuguese (African), Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Jacinto.

Jarita Spanish (Latin American)

Jaspe Spanish (Latin American)

Jassan Spanish (Mexican)

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]

Junious Spanish (Latin American), Yiddish
spanish

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

Kahlo Spanish (Mexican)

Kuilan Spanish (Latin American)

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.

Layun Spanish (Latin American)

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

Lennis Spanish (Latin American)

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)

Lomonico Spanish (Latin American)

Loray Spanish (Latin American)

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."

Madrid Spanish (Latin American)

Maisonet French, Spanish (Caribbean)
Diminutive of Maison.

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.

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

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]

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

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

Milian Spanish (Caribbean)

Mocha Spanish (Latin American)

Naiza Spanish (Latin American)

Naola Spanish (Latin American)

Neico Spanish (Latin American)

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

Orlian Spanish (Latin American)

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

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

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.

Reynaga Spanish (Mexican)

Rialta Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Romello Spanish (Latin American)

Rufio Spanish (Mexican)

Rulfo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)

Sanchaz Spanish (Caribbean)

Sandia Spanish (Latin American)

Sarcos Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

Sarmiento Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
Originally a nickname for a tall, thin person. It comes from Latin sarmentum meaning "vine shoots".

Saza Spanish (Latin American)

Seres Spanish (Latin American)

Servín Spanish (Mexican)

Sidone Spanish (Latin American)

Sifuentes Spanish (Latin American)

Silba Spanish (Latin American)

Sintron Spanish (Caribbean)
Variant of Cintron.

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]

Tacen Spanish (Latin American)

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

Tenorio Spanish (Latin American)

Teran Spanish (Latin American)

Tifni 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.

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 Castile-León, Spain. It means "strong village of Esgueva" in Spanish.

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)

Zanel Spanish (Latin American)

Zavalia Spanish (Latin American, Americanized)

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