Spanish (Latin American) Submitted Surnames

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

ABURTOBasque, 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.

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

ACUNASpanish (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.

ANGUINOAmerican, Spanish (Mexican)
Mexican-American last name

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

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

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

CANIZALESSpanish (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".

CARVAJALSpanish, Spanish (Latin American), Judeo-Spanish
Variant of CARABAJAL

DE JESUSBrazilian, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of DeJesus.

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

ETIENAMNigerian, 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".

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

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

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

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

JUNIOUSSpanish (Latin American), Yiddish
spanish

MAISONETFrench, Spanish (Caribbean)
Diminutive of MAISON.

MENESESSpanish (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]

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

PALAFOXSpanish (Mexican)
From Palafolls, a Catalan place name.

PARDOSpanish (Latin American)
Originally a nickname for someone with dark hair or complexion... [more]

PENNILOPESpanish (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.

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

POZOSpanish (Caribbean)
Means "well", as in wishing well

PULIDOSpanish, 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.

SARCOSSpanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

SUAZOSpanish, 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]

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

TRISTÁNSpanish (Mexican, Rare)
From the personal name TRISTÁN.

VILLALBASpanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Habitual surname for someone from any of the various locations named Villalba, itself derived from villa "farmstead, settlement, small town" and alba "white" or "dawn, sunrise"... [more]

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