Spanish Submitted Surnames

Sagun Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Sahagún.

Sahagún Spanish
Habitational name from Sahagùn in Lleón province.

Sainz Spanish
A variation of the surname Sáenz, derived from the extremely popular medieval given name Sancho... [more]

Saiz Spanish
Variant of Sáez.

Saldaña Spanish
Habitual surname for a person from any of the locations in Spain named Saldaña. The name itself comes from the older name Gili-Zalan, which is of uncertain meaning.

Saldano Spanish

Saldías Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Saldívar Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Zaldibar, a habitational name from a place so named in Biscay province. The place name is of uncertain derivation: it may be from zaldu ‘wood’, ‘copse’ or from zaldi ‘horse’ + ibar ‘water meadow’, ‘fertile plain’.

Salguero Spanish
Means "willow tree" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin salix. It was either a topographic name for someone who lived near willow trees or a habitational name for someone from the city of Salguero in Burgos, Spain (also derived from this word).

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

Salla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Romanian
Variant of Sala.

Sallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Greek
Either a variant of Salas or Sala, or else a nickname from Arabic, Turkish, or Persian salli meaning "broad, wide, large, tall".

Salmerón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Murcian volcano.

Salomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Salomón.

Saludar Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Saludo.

Saludo Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "to greet".

Salvacion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish salvación meaning "salvation," referring to the saving of human beings from death and separation from God by Christ's death and resurrection.

Salvatierra Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Salvatierra (literally ‘save land’ denoting a place of strategic importance).... [more]

Salvín Spanish

Samaniego Basque, Spanish
Habitational name from a town and municipality in Álava, Basque Country, of uncertain etymology.

Samba Spanish
Spanish surname of unknown origin maybe from the same origin as the name for the dance. Omar Samba has this surname.

Sampedro Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
habitational name from any of several places especially in Galicia so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter; variant of San Pedro.

San Spanish

Sanabria Spanish (?)

Sanabria Spanish
Spanish cognate of Seabra.

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

San Agustin Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of San Agustín. This surname is also found in Guam.

San Andrés Spanish
Means "Saint Andrew" in Spanish.

San Andres Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of San Andrés.

San Antonio Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Anthony" in Spanish.

San Blas Spanish (Canarian)
Means "Saint Blaise" in Spanish.

San Buenaventura Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Bonaventure" in Spanish.

Sanchas Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)

Sanchaz Spanish (Caribbean)

Sanchis Spanish

Sánchiz Spanish
Variant of Sánchez.

Sandia Spanish (Latin American)

San Diego Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational name from any of various places named San Diego, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Didacus (San Diego).

Sandrino Spanish (Rare)

San Francisco Spanish
In honor of Saint Francis.

San Gabriel Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Gabriel" in Spanish.

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

San Jorge Spanish
“St George”

San Jose Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of San José primarily used in the Philippines.

San José Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called San José, so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Joseph (San José).

San Juan Spanish
Means "Saint John", derived from Spanish santo "saint" combined with Juan 1. This is a habitational name for a person from any of various places called San Juan, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint John (San Juan).

Sanjurjo Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From Any Of Numerous Places In Galicia (Spain) Named Sanjurjo For A Local Church Or Shrine Dedicated To Saint George

San Luis Spanish
In honor of Saint Louis.

San Martín Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places named San Martín, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Martin (San Martín).

San Martín Spanish
(San Martín; also Sanmartín): habitational name from any of numerous places so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Martin (Spanish San Martín).

San Miguel Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to St. Michael (San Miguel).

Sanoguet Spanish

San Pascual Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Pascal" in Spanish.

San Pedro Spanish
Means Saint Peter in Spanish

San Román Spanish
San Roman refers to a family line of Spanish and Italian origin. The term San Roman in Spanish or Castilian refers to ' St. Roman ' and the name is a habitual name from any of the persons from the local church or shrines of Saint Roman.

Sanroman Spanish
San Roman refers to a family line of Spanish and Italian origin. The term San Roman in Spanish or Castilian refers to ' St. Roman ' and the name is a habitual name from any of the persons from the local church or shrines of Saint Roman.

Santa Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Santos.

Santa Ana Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Santana primarily used in the Philippines.

Santacruz Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called with Santa Cruz 'the Holy Cross' from the dedication of a local church or shrine from santa 'holy' + cruz 'cross'.

Santaella Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality at the coordinates 37°34′03″N 4°50′48″W.

Santa María Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Santamaría.

Santa Maria Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Santamaría primarily used in the Philippines.

Santamaría Spanish
Means "Saint Mary" in Spanish, used as a name for someone from any of various locations named after the Virgin Mary.

Santamaria Italian, French, Spanish
Italian and French cognate of Santamaría as well as a Spanish variant.

Santander Spanish
From the toponymy, it is discussed whether Santander is a derivation of San Emeterio or San Andrés. Due to the proximity of the Basque country (Ander = Andrés) and the tenor of some ancient texts, it can be concluded that it refers to San Andrés... [more]

Santano Spanish
Possibly a variant of Santana.

Santaolalla Spanish

Santas Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Possibly a nickame for someone born on All Saint's Day.

Santayana Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Spanish variant of Santana. This name was borne by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952).

Santelices Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality of the municipality of Merindad de Valdeporres.

Santellan Spanish

Santibáñez Spanish

Santiesteban Spanish
Variant of Santisteban

Santillan Spanish

Santisteban Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Santisteban or Santesteban (from the Latin genitive form Sancti Stephani) for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Stephen.

Santistevan Spanish
Status of nobility

Santistevan Spanish
Variant of Santistevan

Santostefano Spanish
Habitational name of numerous churches dedicated to Saint Stephen

Sanx Spanish
A variation of the surname Sáenz, derived from the popular medieval given name Sancho. This given name was originally derived from the Latin name Sanctius a derivative of the Latin word 'sanctus', meaning 'holy'... [more]

Sarcos Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

Sard English, French, Spanish, Italian
In the book surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary by Henry Harrison and Gyda (Pulling) Harrison 1912 - Reprinted 1996. The Sard surname (which has been in England, Italy and Europe for a long time) is defined thus on page 136.... [more]

Sardina Italian, Spanish, Galician
From sardina Galician sardiña "sardine" used for someone as a catcher or seller of the fish or a nickname for a thin person.

Sargento Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
Spanish and Portuguese form of Sergeant. It's also mostly used in the Philippines.

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

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

Saturno Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Spanish
Descendant of Saturn.

Saucedo Spanish
Variant of Salcedo

Savillón Spanish (?)

Saviñón Spanish
Probably of French origin, an altered form of Savignon which is from a pet form of the personal name Savin or a habitational name from place called Savignon in Ardèche.

Savinon Spanish

Saza Spanish (Latin American)

Scull English, Spanish (Caribbean)

Sebastián Spanish
From the given name Sebastián.

Segismundo Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Segismundo.

Segovia Spanish

Segoviano Spanish
One who came from Segovia, a region from Spain.

Segui Spanish

Segundo Spanish
From the given name Segundo.

Seisdedos Spanish

Seismundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Variant of Segismundo.

Sejismundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Variant of Segismundo.

Seminario Spanish (Latin American)
Means "seminar" in Spanish, likely denoting an academic person. Miguel Grau Seminario (1834-1879) was the most renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the naval battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific

Sendra Spanish

Sepeda Spanish
Variant of Cepeda

Sepúlvado Spanish
Variant of Sepúlveda.

Sequeira Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese variant and Spanish form of Siqueira.

Serafín Spanish, Galician
From the given name Serafín.

Serbia Spanish
Unknown.. researching history of the spanish name that was first identify being used in Utado Puerto, Rico in 1790s by Fransico Serbia and Paula Serbia Filare

Seres Spanish (Latin American)

Serote Spanish (Filipinized)
Means fecal matter in Spanish

Servantes Spanish
Variant of Cervantes.

Servín Spanish (Mexican)

Severiano Spanish
From the given name Severiano

Severino Italian, Spanish

Severo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Severo

Sevilla Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Seville (or Sevilla) in Andalusia, Spain. The city's name is probably derived from Phoenician šplh meaning "valley, plain" through Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة‎ (ʾišbīliya).

Sevillano Spanish
habitational name for someone from Seville. Variant of Sevilla

Seville Spanish, English
a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain. Synonyms: Sevilla Example of: city, metropolis, urban center. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts... [more]

Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.

Sidone Spanish (Latin American)

Sifuentes Spanish (Latin American)

Sigil Turkish, Spanish (Latin American)

Sigüenza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Silba Spanish (Latin American)

Silvela Spanish

Silvera Spanish
Spanish cognate of Silveira.

Silverio Spanish, Galician, Italian
From the given name Silverio

Silvestre Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Silvestre.

Silveyra Spanish
Topographic name from silveira 'woodland', a collective derivative of silva (see Silva ); or a habitational name from any of the places called Silveira in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces, Galicia, Iberia.

Simancas Spanish
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 places: the municipality in the Comarca of Campiña del Pisuerga or the administrative neighborhood of the Madrid district of San Blas-Canillejas.

Simpliciano Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Simpliciano

Simplicio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Simplicio

Sinchi m Spanish

Sintron Spanish (Caribbean)
Variant of Cintron.

Sobalvarro Spanish
Sobalvarro/Sobalbarro is a surname with known origins in the Iberian Peninsula. The first record of the name appears in the Basque regions of Spain. The name was purportedly constructed by combining the family name of Soba with the newly given Christian name, Alvarro.

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Sofia Spanish
From the given name Sofia.

Solalinde Spanish

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

Solano Spanish, Aragonese
From various Spanish place names, which are derived from Spanish solano meaning "place exposed to the sun" (from Late Latin solanus "pertaining to the sun", a derivative of sol "sun")... [more]

Solar Spanish (Rare), Catalan, Aragonese, Asturian
Spanish, Catalan, Aragonese, and Asturian-Leonese: topographic name from Latin solarius ‘ancestral home’ (a derivative of solum ‘ground’, ‘floor’), perhaps denoting someone who lived near or at the house of an important family.

Soliman Arabic, Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Sulayman. Its usage in the Philippines comes from the Spanish form of the name, Solimán.

Solíz Spanish
Variant of Solís.

Solomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Solomón.

Solorio Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Sierra de Solorio mountain range that straddles Aragon, La Mancha, & Old Castile.

Solórzano Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the municipality of Solórzano in Cantabria, Spain.

Somoano Spanish

Somoza Spanish

Sonora Spanish
From Spanish sonoro meaning "sonorous", perhaps a nickname for a loud person.

Soria Spanish (Rare)
The Spanish last name, Soria, comes from a city in Spain called Soria

Soriano Spanish
Habitational sephardic name for someone from Soria in Castile, from the adjective soriano 'from Soria'.

Sotelo Spanish
From any of various places in Galicia named Soutelo, derived from Galician souto meaning "grove, plantation".

Sotero Galician, Spanish (?)
From the given name Sotero

Sotomayor Spanish
Castilianized form of Soutomaior.

Sotto Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Soto. This spelling variation arose during the American occupation of the Philippines, possibly by the influence of Italian American surnames.

Spain English, Spanish (Anglicized)
Derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spain.' A very early incomer.

Spoltore Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Sta Maria Spanish
Means "St. Mary"

Sto. Domingo Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Dominic" in Spanish.

Sto. Tomas Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Thomas" in Spanish.

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

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

Suazo Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Basque Zuazo.

Subercaseaux French, Spanish (Latin American)
The Subercaseaux family is a Chilean family of French descent. They became well known during the 19th century due to their wealth amassed in Norte Chico. They have played a very significant role in Chilean mining, winemaking, politics and arts.

Sudan Arabic, Italian, Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Sudan or who had traded with Sudan. The name of the country is ultimately derived from Arabic سُود (sud) meaning "black", referring to the darker skin of the inhabitants.

Sultán Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sultan.

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Sumrall Spanish

Tabares Spanish
Spanish form of Tavares.

Tabernero Spanish
Tabernero is a Spanish-language occupational surname literally meaning "tavern keeper".

Tacen Spanish (Latin American)

Tadeo Spanish
From the given name Tadeo

Tafolla Spanish
Possibly a derivative of southern Spanish tafulla, tahulla, a term denoting a measure of land. The surname is not found in present-day Spain.

Tafoya Spanish
Possibly a variant of Tafolla.

Tagle Spanish (Philippines)
Hispanicized form of Arabic Tagri meaning "frontier."

Taiani Spanish

Talamantes Spanish
Habitational name from Talamantes in Zaragoza province

Talavera Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places named Talavera, especially Talavera de la Reina in Toledo province.

Tallón Spanish
Either a Spanish variant of Catalan Talló (see Tallo) or a habitational name from any of the places in A Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces called Tallón.

Tamacas Spanish, Central American

Tamayo Spanish
from a town in the burgos region in spain.

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

Tapales Spanish (Philippines)

Tarancón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Tardáguila Spanish
Tardáguila is a Spanish surname that is believed to have originated from the Basque region of Spain. The surname is a combination of the words "tarda", which means late, and "aguila", which means eagle... [more]

Tartaro Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone who was from Tatarstan or who had traded with Tatarstan.

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

Tejada Spanish
Meaning "roof" or "lime tree."

Tejas Spanish
Variant of Tejada.

Tejeda Spanish
Variant of Tejada.

Tejero Spanish
Occupational Spanish surname for a tiler, its origin may be in Saragossa, Spain. A famous bearer is Antonio Tejero, a Lieutenant Colonel who was responsible for the 23-F coup attempt.

Tejidor Spanish

Téllez Spanish
from the given name Tello which is the Spanish form of the name Tellus, meaning "earth" in Latin

Temblador Spanish

Ténérife Spanish (Canarian), Guanche
Derived from the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain.

Tenerife Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Ténérife. Used primarily in the Philippines.

Tenesa Spanish

Tenor Spanish

Tenorio Spanish
Possibly a habitational name from a place called Tenorio in Pontevedra province, Spain.

Tenorio Spanish (Latin American)

Teran Spanish (Latin American)

Tercero Spanish
Means "third" in Spanish (see Tercero).

Terriquez Spanish
A Spanish patronymic name of unknown meaning.

Tesoro Spanish, Italian
from tesoro "treasure" (from Latin thesaurus "hoard") applied as a metonymic occupational name for a treasurer. In some cases this may be a habitational name from El Tesoro in southern Spain... [more]

Texas Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Tejada.

Texidor Spanish

Tiburcio Spanish
From the given name Tiburcio

Tico Spanish
From the given Tico.

Tifni Spanish (Latin American)

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

Tiniacos Spanish (Latin American)

Tino Spanish

Tirado Spanish
Likely a nickname for a person with long limbs, from the Spanish tirado meaning "stretched".

Tiscareño Spanish

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

Tobías Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Jewish
From the given name Tobías.

Toledo Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Toledo in Spain, derived from Latin Toletum of uncertain meaning.

Tolentino Spanish, Filipino, Portuguese, Italian (Rare), Judeo-Italian
Ultimately derived from the name of a town in the province of Macerata, Italy (see Tolentino). This was adopted as a Spanish given name in honour of the 14th-century Italian saint and mystic Nicholas of Tolentino... [more]

Tomás Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
From the given name Tomás.

Toribio Spanish
From the given name Toribio.

Tormenta Spanish

Toro Spanish, Italian
Either a habitational name from Toro in Zamora province. Compare De Toro . Or a nickname for a lusty person or for someone who owned a bull or a metonymic occupational name for a tender of bulls or possibly for a bull fighter from toro "bull" (from Latin taurus).

Torrabadella Spanish

Torrado Spanish

Torralba Spanish, Catalan, Aragonese
Habitational name from any of several places called Torralba, named with torre meaning "tower" + alba meaning "white".

Torras Spanish (?)
Means 'towers' in Spanish. Similar to name Torres.

Torre Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian cognitive and, Spanish and Portuguese variant of Torres. From torre "tower" (from Latin turris).

Torrent Spanish
A topographical name for someone who lived by a flood stream, deriving from the Spanish torrente. Topographical surnames were among the earliest created, since both natural and man-made features in the landscape provided easily recognisable distinguish names in the small communities of the Middle Ages... [more]

Torrez Spanish
Variant of Torres.

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

Torrubiano Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the municipality of Torrubia de Soria.

Toscano Italian, Spanish
Originally indicated someone who came from the region of Tuscany in central Italy.

Transfiguracion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish transfiguración meaning "transfiguration," referring to an event where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain.

Traspeña Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the locality of Traspeña de la Peña in the municipality of Castrejón de la Peña.

Trejo Spanish
Spanish habitational surname, for someone from Trexo, a place in Asturias in northwest Spain.

Tres Spanish

Treviño Spanish
Habitational name from either of the places so named in the provinces of Burgos and Santander, possibly derived from Latin trifinium "place where three boundaries meet".

Trevino Spanish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Treviño.

Triano Spanish
Possibly a habitational name from Triano, the Castilianized name of the Basque towns called Abanto and Urtuella, in Biscay province, Basque Country.

Trigueros Spanish
Habitational name from places in Huelva and Valladolid named Trigueros, from a derivative of trigo ‘wheat’, or possibly triguero ‘corn merchant’. Nickname from triguero ‘dark blond’, ‘corn colored’.

Trillo Spanish
It literally means "threshing board".

Trinidad Filipino, Spanish
Means "trinity" in Spanish, referring to the Holy Trinity.

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

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

Truan Spanish
Means "Knave" or "Joker"

Trueba Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Castilian river.

Tulipan Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Spanish Tulipán "Tulip".

Tundidor Spanish

Turrubiartes Basque, Spanish
History:... [more]

Tuscano Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational name for a person from the province of Tuscany in Italy.

Ubaldo Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Ubaldo

Uceda Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Uclés Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Umpiérrez Spanish
Means "son of Umpierro" in Spanish. The medieval given name Umpierro is of uncertain meaning.

Uñalivia Spanish (Rare)
Has no specific meaning but it was a rare spanish name

Uranda Spanish (Mexican)

Urbana Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian (Rare), Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of Urban.

Urbano Italian, Spanish
From the given name Urbano.

Urgellés Spanish (Caribbean)

Uribe Spanish

Urriola Spanish
Variant of Arriola.

Ursúa Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Urtsua.

Utitiaj Spanish

Uvalle Spanish (Latin American)

Uvalles Spanish

Vaamonde Spanish
Variant of the habitational surname Bahamonde, from one of the Galician places called Baamonde (earlier written Bahamonde) in the province of Lugo most probably Santiago de Baamonde (Begonte).

Vabec French (Rare), Italian, Spanish

Vaca Spanish
Variant of Cabeza De Vaca.

Val Spanish, French
It means valley. It comes from Britain and then moved to Aragón (Spain).

Valadez Asturian, Spanish, Mexican
Asturian-Leonese variant of Valdez.

Valbuena Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Valbuena for example in Valladolid Cáceres and Salamanca.

Valcazar Spanish

Valderrábano Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Valderrama Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places named Valderrama, as for example in Burgos province.

Valderrama Spanish
This surname is made up of the prefix "bal-" from latin "vallis," the equivalent of prefix "-valle" meaning a vale or a valley plus the Spanish "derramare" - to scatter or to spread. Hence, implies valley which is spread out.

Valdés Asturian, Spanish, Central American
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Valdivia Spanish
Topographic or habitational name based on Spanish val, valle meaning "valley". A notable bearer was Pedro de Valdivia (died 1553), a Spanish conquistador who conquered Chile with a small expedition corps after he served under Francisco Pizarro in Peru... [more]

Valdivieso Spanish
This place-name is derived from the Asturian word val-di-vieso, which means old man's-valley.

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

Valdovinos Spanish
Spanish: from a personal name of ancient Germanic origin composed of the elements bald 'bold brave' + win 'friend'.

Valenciano Spanish
A Spanish surname. It is a regional name denoting someone from Valencia.

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

Valentín Spanish, Slovak
From the given name Valentín.

Valenzuela Spanish
Habitational name from places named Valenzuela in Córdoba and Ciudad Real. The place name is a diminutive of Valencia, literally "little Valencia".

Valera Spanish
Habitational name from either of two places in Spain named Valera.

Valeriano Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Italian (Rare)
From the given name Valeriano.

Valez Spanish
I think it is of Spanish Background possibly meaning 'Soldier' or 'Guard'. ... [more]

Valezze Spanish
Variant of Valez

Valgañón Spanish
This indicates familial within the eponymous Riojan municipality.

Vali Spanish, Italian (Swiss), Arabic
This Spanish and Italian surname of VALI was a locational name for someone OR A family who lived in a valley. In valle quiescit ( In the valley of our home, we find peace.)... [more]

Valladolid Spanish
Habitational name from the city of this name.

Valle Spanish, Filipino, Italian
Habitational name from any of the many places named with valle "valley", or topographic name for someone who lived in a valley (Latin vallis).

Vallejo Spanish
Denoted someone who lived in a small valley.

Valmores Spanish

Valtierrez Spanish