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Abeyta Spanish (Mexican)
Derived from the place "Alba de Yeltes" in the province of Salamanca, Spain.

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

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

Alcalá Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from numerous towns with this name (fortified villages during the Moorish occupation of Spain), derived from Arabic القلعة (al-qalʿah) meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

Alcázar Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Habitational name from any of various places for example in the provinces of Ciudad Real Cuenca and Granada named with the word alcázar "citadel" or "palace" (from Arabic al "the" and qaṣr "fortress" a borrowing of Latin castrum; see Castro).

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

Amézquita Spanish (Mexican)
The surname Amézquita is of Basque origin and it is derived from the Basque words "amezti" which means "meadow" and "keta" which means "house". Therefore, the name roughly translates to "house in the meadow".

Arellanes Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Arellano.

Arencibia Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish (Canarian)
Variant of Arancibia. It is concentrated in Cuba and the Canary Islands.

Balencia Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Valencia.

Bárcenas Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Espinosa de los Monteros.

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

Bentaberri Spanish (Latin American), Basque
Variant of Bentaberry.

Bentaberry French, Spanish (Latin American), Basque
From Basque Bentaberri or Bentaberria, both common place names in Basque Country meaning "new inn".

Bentaverri Spanish (Latin American), Basque
Variant of Bentaberry.

Bentaverry Spanish (Latin American), Basque
Variant of Bentaberry.

Berschelt Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Berchelt.

Bordaberry French, Spanish (Latin American), Basque
From Basque Bordaberri or Bordaberria, both widespread place names meaning "new hut/sheepfold/farm".

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

California Spanish (Latin American)
It is thought that it might've been derived from Latin calida fornax meaning "hot furnace", or from Native American, kali forno meaning "high hill, native land". It is also thought to have derived from the given name Khalif or Khalifa.

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

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".

Castañez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Castaño.

Chaidez Spanish (Mexican)
Possible variant of Chairez.

Chaires Spanish (Mexican)
Possibly a plural form of Galician chaira "little valley or meadow" or chairo "flat" (way, terrain). Refers to a person who lived in such a place.

Chairez Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Chaires.

Contreraz Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Contreras.

Cotija Spanish (Mexican)
Derived from a small town in Michoacán named "Cotija de la Paz". It is also known to be a type of cheese.

Coutiño Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognate of Coutinho.

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

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

Errázuriz Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
Castilianized form of Erratzuriz.

Escandón Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Derived from a field named "Escanda" denoting a type of wheat. Perhaps farmers who lived close to the area.

Estrado Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Estrada.

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

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

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

Hierbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Yerbabuena.

Iraheta Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Iraeta.

Irizarry Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Caribbean)
Variant of Irisarri.

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]

Larín Spanish (Latin American)
Probably a habitational name from any of several places called Larín in A Coruña and Lugo provinces.

Lassaga Spanish (Latin American), French, Basque
French and Argentine Spanish form of Lasaga.

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."

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.

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

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

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

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

Montez American (Hispanic), Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Montes.

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

Nápoles Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Napoli; habitational name from the Italian city of Naples, which is called Nápoles in Spanish and Portuguese.

Navarrate Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Navarrete.

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]

Oceguera Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Oseguera.

Osegueda Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Oseguera chiefly used in Central America.

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

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

Pinal Spanish (Mexican)
From Spanish meaning "pine grove".

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

Ponce De León Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Compound name composed of the family name Ponce + the habitational name León.

Ponse Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Ponce.

Portocarrero Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Spanish form of Porto Carreiro, an old municipality in Galicia, from Galician porto "port, harbour" and carreiro "path, pathway".

Rabagos Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Rabago.

Ramoz Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Ramos.

Sanabria Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognate of Seabra.

Santa María Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Santamaría.

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

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

Texas Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Tejada.

Troppa German, Italian, Slovak, German (Silesian), Spanish (Latin American)
Likely meaning unknown.

Valensuela Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant and Portuguese form of Valenzuela

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.

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

Zacatenco Spanish (Mexican)
One who came from Zacatecas.

Zárate Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Habitational surname meaning "entrance to the grove coppice".

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

Zendejas Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Cendejas.

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