Spanish Submitted Surnames

Cerda Spanish, Portuguese
Nickname for a person with a prominent tuft of hair, derived from Spanish and Portuguese cerda meaning "bristle, stiff, coarse, short, thick hair", ultimately from Late Latin cirra.

Cerezo Spanish (European)
Surname, in general, of toponymic origin, frequent and distributed throughout Spain, from the noun -cerezo-, "fruit tree whose fruit is the cherry". The surname was derived from nicknames or through the many toponyms in Cerezo existing in Spain, names of populations such as Cerezo (Cáceres), Cerezo de Mohernando (Guadalajara), etc., whose name was taken by some individuals for be native from one of them, as was the custom in the Middle Ages.There were, therefore, different houses of the surname Cerezo unrelated to each other, the Castilian and Extremaduran being very old, whose branches passed to La Rioja, Andalusia, Valencia and Murcia.

Cerin Spanish (Latin American)

Cerpa Spanish

Cerqua Spanish

Cerrajero Spanish
Occupational name for a locksmith.

Cervante Spanish

Cervera Spanish
A name for someone coming from any one of many places called Cervera, coming from Late Latin cervaria, meaning "place of stags".

Cesar Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, French
From the given name César.

Cespedes Spanish
From the plural of cesped "peat", "turf" (Latin caespes, genitive caespitis), applied as a habitational name from a place named Céspedes (for example in Burgos province) or named with this word, or a topographic name for someone who lived by an area of peat, or possibly as a metonymic occupational name for someone who cut and sold turf.

Cevallo Spanish

Cevallos Spanish

Chaboya Spanish (Mexican)

Chacon Spanish
Spanish (Chacón): nickname from chacón ‘gecko’.

Chapa Spanish
An occupational name for a metalworker meaning "metal sheet", amongst other things. It may also come from the name of a place in Galicia, Spain, or the Basque word and oak bush, "chaparro".

Chapin French, Spanish
From a reduced form of French eschapin or Spanish chapín, a term for a light (woman's) shoe; perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker.

Charlo Spanish
From the personal name Carlos

Charlone Spanish

Charvel Spanish (Mexican)

Chavez Spanish, Filipino
Variant of Chávez.

Chavos Portuguese, Spanish

Chica Spanish
Apparently from chica, feminine form of chico ‘small’, ‘young’ (see Chico), but a variant of the habitational name Checa, from a place so named in Jaén province is also a possibility.

Chiclana Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Andalusian municipalities: Chiclana de la Frontera or Chiclana de Segura.

Chido Spanish
Likely given to someone who lived in a cold environment

Chieco Spanish
derives from Franciscus (Frank) ... first searching for it, the SE thought I might actually have meant Chico

Chilavert Spanish (Latin American)

Chinchilla Spanish
Originally denoted a person from the Spanish town of Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón in the province of Albacete. The place name is possibly of Arabic origin.

Choquehuanca Spanish (Latin American)

Cid Spanish, Portuguese

Cifuentes Spanish
Habitational Name Probably From Cifuentes In Guadalajara Named From Spanish Cien ‘Hundred’ (From Latin Centum) + Fuentes ‘Springs’ (From Latin Fontes; See Font ) Because Of The Abundance Of Natural Springs In The Area.

Cintron Spanish
Spanish form for the french "Citroen". Original from Puerto Rico.

Cipriano Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Cipriano.

Ciria Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.

Ciriaco Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ciriaco.

Cirino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Cirino.

Ciro Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ciro.

Ciruela Filipino, Spanish (Rare)
From Spanish ciruela meaning "plum".

Cirujano Spanish, Filipino
Means "surgeon" in Spanish, used for someone who was a surgeon by profession.

Cisneros Spanish
Habitational name from Cisneros, a place in the province of Palencia, named with a derivative of Spanish cisne 'swan' (via Old French and Latin from Greek kyknos).

Claudio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Claudio

Clavel Spanish
Metonymic occupational name for a spice trader or a nail maker, derived from Spanish clavel or Catalan clavell meaning "nail", later also "clove", itself a derivative of Latin clavellus "nail".

Cleto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Cleto.

Clores Spanish, Portuguese
Portuguese form of Flores

Coceres Spanish
Variant of Caceres.

Cocori Spanish

Codorniz Spanish
Spanish word for quail. From Latin cōturnīx, cōturnīcis.

Colegio Spanish
Literally means "college" in Spanish.

Colindrez Spanish

Collado Spanish
Referred to someone who lived on a hill.

Collar English, Spanish

Colmenares Spanish
It literally means "apiaries", denoting someone who either worked at some or lived near some.

Colmenero Spanish

Coloma Spanish (Latin American)

Colomer Spanish

Colon Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Colón primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Comas Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)

Comica Spanish, American

Company Spanish

Competente Spanish (Philippines)
Means "competent" in Spanish.

Concepción Spanish
Means "conception'' in Spanish, in reference to the Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary.

Concepcion Spanish (Filipinized)
Unaccented form of Concepción primarily used in the Philippines and America.

Conde Spanish
1 Spanish and Portuguese: “nickname from the title of rank conde ‘count’, a derivative of Latin comes, comitis ‘companion’.”... [more]

Condor Catalan (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)

Conejo Spanish
Spanish for rabbit from Latin "cuniculus". Given to someone who hunted rabbits.

Conrado Spanish
From the given name Conrado

Consuelo Spanish

Consuelos Spanish

Contardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Contardo.

Contemplacion Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Derived from Spanish contemplación meaning "contemplation." ... [more]

Contes Spanish

Coral Spanish

Corcovado Spanish
Means "hunchback" in Spanish. It would denote a person with a curved spine.

Cordero Spanish
Means "lamb" in Spanish, either used as an occupational name for a shepherd or a religious name referring to Jesus as the Lamb of God.

Córdoba Spanish
Indicates someone who was originally from the city of Córdoba (Cordova) in Andalusia, Spain. The name itself is derived from Phonecian Qʾrtuba meaning "Juba’s city", itself from Phonecian qʾrt meaning "city" and juba referring to King Juba I of Numidia.

Córdova Spanish
Variant of Córdoba.

Cordova Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
Unaccented form of Córdova.

Coreano Filipino, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "Korean" in Spanish and Portuguese, possibly an ethnic name or regional name for someone from Korea or who had connections with Korea.

Corimanya Spanish (Latin American)

Coris Spanish (Latin American)

Cornelio Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Cornelio. Cognitive of Cornell and Cornelius.

Coron Spanish

Corona Spanish

Coronacion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish coronación, meaning "coronation", referring to the idea that the Virgin Mother of God was physically crowned as Queen of Heaven after her Assumption.

Coronado Spanish
from coronado "crowned" past participle of coronare "to crown" (from Latin corona "crown") applied as a nickname for someone who behaved in an imperious manner or derived from the village Coronado in Galacia.

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.

Coronel Spanish, Portuguese
Means "colonel" in Spanish and Portuguese, used as an occupational name for someone in command of a regiment.

Corpancho Spanish (Latin American)

Corpuz Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Corpus primarily used in the Philippines.

Corral Spanish

Corrales Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations named Corrales in Spain, from Spanish corral meaning "coral, enclosure".

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.

Corte Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese
From corte ‘court', applied as an occupational name for someone who worked at a manorial court or a topographic name for someone who lived in or by one.

Cortéz Spanish
Variant of Cortés.

Corvino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Corvino

Cossio Spanish

Coti Spanish (Latin American)

Cotto Spanish (Caribbean)

Coutiño Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognate of Coutinho.

Covarrubias Spanish (?)

Covarubbias Spanish

Covián Spanish

Crescencio Spanish
From the given name Crescencio

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

Criado Portuguese, Spanish
Occupational name from criado ‘servant’.

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

Crisologo Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Crisólogo primarily used in the Philippines.

Crisóstomo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Crisóstomo.

Crispino Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Crispino.

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

Cristóbal Spanish
From the given name Cristóbal.

Cristobal Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Cristóbal primarily used in the Philippines.

Crus Spanish
Variant of Cruz.

Cuadrado Spanish
A nickname for a thick man.

Cuaresma Spanish
It means "Lent".

Cuarto Spanish
Means "fourth" in English. It is derived from the Latin word "quartus," which means "fourth." The surname may have originally been used to denote a fourth child in a family or to indicate that the family lived on the fourth floor of a building.

Cuba Portuguese, Asturian-Leonese, Galician, Spanish
habitational name from any of the places in Portugal (in the provinces of Alentejo and Beira Baixa) or Spain (in Aragon, Asturies, and Galicia) named Cuba, from cuba ‘barrel’ (from Latin cupa)... [more]

Cubero Spanish
occupational name for a cooper, from an agent derivative of cuba ‘barrel’, ‘tub

Cuello Spanish, South American
From Spanish meaning "neck". Could be a nickname for a person with a stiff neck.

Cuenca Spanish
Cuenca is an ancient Spanish last name which originated from Cuenca, a city in the Kingdom of Castilla.... [more]

Cuervo Spanish
Means "raven, crow" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin corvus. From a nickname for a man with strikingly glossy black hair or with a raucous voice. Alternatively, a habitational name from places containing this word (e.g. El Cuervo, Teruel).

Cumbá Spanish (Caribbean)

Cuneo Spanish

Cunillera Spanish

Curiel Spanish

Custodio Spanish
From the given name Custodio.

Cuzco Spanish

Dacosta Spanish

Dalier Spanish

Dalmau Spanish

D'Almeida Spanish, Portuguese, Indian (Christian)
Variant of Almeida more commonly used by Indian Christians.

Damián Spanish, Czech, Slovak (Rare)
From the given name Damián.

Damian French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Polish
From the medieval personal name Damian, Greek Damianos (from damazein "to subdue"). St. Damian was an early Christian saint martyred in Cilicia in ad 303 under the emperor Domitian, together with his brother Cosmas... [more]

Danta Spanish

Davila Spanish
Habitational name for someone from Ávila.

Daza Spanish
Derived from the Basque word "dazio", meaning "tax". It is a surname that is typically associated with the region of Navarre in Spain.

Dealava Spanish
Uruguay name

De Armas Spanish
Variant of Armas.

De Asis Spanish (Philippines)
Means "of Assisi" in Spanish.

Debain Spanish
Spanish surname.

De Belen Spanish (Philippines)
Means "of Bethlehem" in Spanish.

Debelen Spanish
Likely from the Spanish word Belén, which refers to the nativity scene.

De Castro Portuguese, Spanish
Denoted someone who lived in a castle.

Decena Spanish (Philippines)
From the Spanish word decena meaning "a set of ten".

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

De Guzmán Spanish
Means "of Guzmán" in Spanish.

De Guzman Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of De Guzmán primarily used in the Philippines.

Deimar Spanish

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

De Jesus Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
Means "of Jesus" in Portuguese. This is also an unaccented variant of De Jesús.

De Labra Spanish (Rare)
Spanish Surname With Origins From Asturias.

De La Calle Spanish
Means "of the street" in Spanish.

De La Calzada Spanish (Rare)
Means "of the causeway" in Spanish. This surname was likely given in honor of Dominic de la Calzada, a saint from Burgos.

Dela Calzada Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Calzada.

Delacasa Spanish

Dela Cerna Spanish (Philippines)

Dela Fuente Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De la Fuente primarily used in the Philippines.

De La Guardia Spanish
Variant of Guardia

De La Hoya Spanish
Means "of the hole" in Spanish.

De La Iglesia Spanish
Means “of the church” in Spanish.

De La Isla Spanish
Means "of the island" in Spanish.

De La Luna Spanish, Filipino
Means "of the moon" in Spanish.

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

Delamadrid Spanish

De La Mora Spanish
"De la," in several Romance languages (including Spanish and Romanian), means "from." "Mora," in Spanish, translates to "mulberry."... [more]

De La Muerte Spanish (Rare)
Means "of death" in Spanish. Name given to a person who worked as a graveyard worker.

De La O Spanish
"O" is the archaic form of "Do" - apocope of "donde" - where, the personal name of a woman in the Hispanic world, and a French name of the twelfth century.

De La Parra Spanish
Means "of the vine" in Spanish.

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

Dela Paz Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Paz primarily used in the Philippines.

De La Peña Spanish
Means "of the Rock" in Spanish.

Dela Peña Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Peña primarily used in the Philippines.

De La Presa Spanish
Means "of the dam" in Spanish.

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

Dela Rosa Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Rosa primarily used in the Philippines.

Delarosa Spanish
Means "of the rose" in Spanish.

Delascasas Spanish
Variant of Delacasa.

De La Sierra Spanish
Means "of the mountain range" in Spanish.

De Las Nieves Spanish
Means "of the snows" in Spanish.

Delassandis Spanish

De La Torre Spanish
Topographic name "from (de) the tower (la torre)", i.e. someone who lived by a watchtower, "from (de) the tower (la torre)".

Dela Torre Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Torre primarily used in the Philippines.

De La Vega Spanish
Means "of the meadow" in Spanish.

Dela Vega Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Vega primarily used in the Philippines.

Del Campo Spanish
Means "of the camp" in Spanish.

Del Carmen Spanish
Means "of Carmen" in Spanish.

Del Castillo Spanish
Means "of the Castle" in Spanish, referring to someone who worked in one.

De Leon Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of De León primarily used in the Philippines.

De Lerma Spanish

Delfin Spanish
Meaning "dolphin" in Spanish.

Delfino Italian, Spanish
From the personal name Delfino, from Latin Delphinus, from delphis "dolphin", regarded in medieval times as a symbol of goodness and friendliness.

Delgadillo Spanish
Diminutive of Delgado.

De Lima Spanish
"de Lima" is the surname given to the people who lived near the Limia River (Lima in portuguese) on the Province of Ourense, an autonomous community of Galicia, located at the northwest of Spain. The root of the name is Don Juan Fernandez de Lima, maternal grandson to the King Alfonso VI de León (1040-1109).

De Lima Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of Lima.

Della Italian, Spanish
Likely derived from the Italian and Spanish word della, meaning "of the".

Dellavalle Spanish

Del Mar Spanish
Means "of the sea" in Spanish.

Del Mundo Spanish (Philippines)
Means "of the World" in Spanish. A famous bearer of this name is Fe del Mundo, a Filipino pediatrician.

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

Delos Angeles Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of De Los Ángeles.

De Los Reyes Spanish
Means “of the kings” in Spanish.

Delos Reyes Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De Los Reyes primarily used in the Philippines.

De Los Santos Spanish
Means "of the saints" in Spanish.

Delos Santos Spanish (Philippines)
Variant De Los Santos primarily used in the Philippines.

Del Pilar Spanish (Philippines)
Means "of the Pilar" in Spanish.

Delpilar Spanish

Del Pueblo Spanish
Means "of the village" 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.

Delringo Spanish

Del Rosario Spanish, Filipino
Means "of the rosary" in Spanish.

Del Rosario Spanish
Del Rosario, in Spanish and Italian languages, and do Rosário in Portuguese language (English: of the rosary) is a surname that has as its etymology, the Latin preposition, "de" meaning "of the" and the Latin noun "rosarium", meaning "rosegarden"1 or "garland of roses"2 but in this case, takes the meaning of "rosary", the Roman Catholic devotion to the Virgin Mary... [more]

Del Sol Spanish
Means "of the sun" in Spanish.

De Luna Spanish
Means "of the moon" in Spanish.

Deluna Spanish

Del Villar Spanish
Means "of Villar" in Spanish.

Del Yando Spanish

Dema Spanish
1 Spanish: unexplained; it is associated with Uesca province, in Aragon.... [more]

De Mesa Spanish
Variant of Mesa.

Demetrio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Demetrio.

De Monroy Spanish

Denino Spanish

Denís Spanish, Galician
From the given name Denís.

De Ocampo Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Ocampo.

De Ochoa Spanish
Variant of Ochoa.

Deogracia Spanish (Caribbean)

De Paula Spanish
a Metronymic from the female personal name Paula and from a shortened form of Francisco de Paula a personal name bestowed in honor of Saint Francis of Paola

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

De Riviera Italian, Spanish

Derosa Spanish

De San Buenaventura Spanish (Archaic)
Means "of Saint Bonaventure" in Spanish.

De San Jose Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Means "of Saint Joseph" in Spanish.

De Santo Italian, Spanish
Mean “Son of Santo”.

De Santos Spanish

Descalzo Spanish
It means "barefoot"

Desiderio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Desiderio.

De Torres Spanish
Variant of Torres.

De Valera Spanish
Originally indicated a person from one of the two towns named Valera in the provinces of Cuenca and Badajoz in Spain. This name was borne by American-born Irish president and prime minister Éamon de Valera (1882-1975; birth name George de Valero, also known as Edward de Valera), who was born to an Irish mother and a Cuban-Spanish father.

De Venecia Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone from the city of Venecia (Venice) in Italy.

De Vera Spanish (Philippines)
Referred to someone from the municipality of Vera in Spain.

De Villa Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Villa.

Diaz Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Variant of Díaz.

Díaz de Sandi Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Diestro Spanish, Filipino
Means "right-handed" in Spanish.

Diez Spanish (Modern)
Son of Diego

Dimas Spanish, Portuguese, Greek
Derived from the biblical name "Dimas".

Diola Spanish
Derived from the given masculine name Andrea

Dionicio Spanish
From the given name Dionicio.

Dionisio Spanish (Philippines), Italian (Rare)
From the given name Dionisio.

Dios Spanish (European)
Means "God" in Spanish.

Diosdado Spanish
From the given name Diosdado.

Discipulo Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish discípulo meaning "disciple."

Divina Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish divina meaning "divine, godlike".

Divinagracia Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Divine Grace" in Spanish.

Dominguez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Domínguez primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Donaire Spanish (Filipinized)

Donaire Spanish, Filipino
From Spanish el donaire meaning "grace,charm". It could be a nickname for a graceful or charming person.

Donaires Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Donaire.

Doncos Spanish

Donestevez Spanish

Donlucas Spanish

Dorado Spanish
From dorado "golden" (from Late Latin deaurare "to gild", from aurum "gold"), probably applied as a nickname to someone with golden hair.

Dosamantes Spanish

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

Duardo Spanish

Duesa Spanish

Dufurrena Spanish

Duque Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese cognitive of Duke. from duque "duke" (from Latin dux genitive ducis "leader") an occupational name for someone who worked in the household of a duke or as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces.

Duranda Spanish

Durango Spanish

Durantez Spanish
From the given Italian name Durante.

Eduardo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Eduardo.

Ejercito Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish ejército meaning "army". A notable bearer was Joseph Ejercito Estrada (1937-), the 13th president of the Philippines.

Eleazar Jewish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Greek, Filipino, Assyrian, Indian (Christian), Malayalam
From the given name Eleazar.

Eleuterio Spanish, Italian
From the given name Eleuterio.

Elías Spanish, Jewish
From the given name Elías.

Eligio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eligio

Eliseo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eliseo.

Elizalde Basque, Spanish
From Basque eleiza meaning "church" combined with the suffix -alde "by". This could be either a habitational name for a person who was from the town of Elizalde in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, or a topographic name for someone living near a church.

Eloy Spanish
From the given name Eloy

Emanuel Spanish

Emeterio Galician, Italian, Spanish
From the given name Emeterio

Emigdio Spanish
From the given name Emigdio.

Emiliano Italian, Spanish
From the given name Emiliano.

Enamorado Spanish
Nickname for a person relating to love.

Encarnación Spanish
Means "incarnation" in Spanish. This is given in reference to the Incarnation of Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary (see Encarnación).

Encarnacion Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Encarnación.

Enciñias Spanish
Derives from Spanish heritage and culture. Other spellings of the name of ENCIÑIAS may be Encinas, Encinias, Encinitas etc.

Endaya Spanish (Philippines)
Toponymic name from the town of Hendaye (called Hendaia in Basque) in France.

Enoc Spanish

Enrique Spanish
From the given name Enrique.

Enríquez Spanish
Means "son of Enrique".

Enriquez Spanish
Unaccented form of Enríquez.

Epifanio Spanish, Italian
From the given name Epifanio.

Ernesto Portuguese (African), Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the given name Ernesto.

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

Escalante Spanish (Latin American)
From the Spanish verb escalar meaning "to climb".

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

Escañuela Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.

Escatel Spanish
Derived from the Latin word “scatellum,” which means “small coin”. It is likely that the surname originally referred to someone who was involved in the production or circulation of small coins, or who had a reputation for being particularly frugal or economical... [more]