Browse Submitted Surnames

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.

Adames Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Adame.

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

Agreda Spanish (Latin American)

Aguiler Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Aguilar or Aguilera.

Agustinez Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
Means "son of Agustín".

Ailán Spanish (Latin American)

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

Albarez English, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Alvarez.

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".

Alicea Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Alicia.

Álváez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Álvarez. Most frequently used in Panama.

Alvalle Spanish (Latin American)
A beautiful valley in Ortona

Amorena Spanish (Latin American)

Analicia American (Hispanic), Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican)

Anguila Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)
Ultimately from Latin anguis "snake".

Antoniz Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Antonio.

Arabel Spanish (Latin American)

Arabel Spanish (Latin American)

Arabel Spanish (Latin American)

Aray Spanish (Latin American)

Arcila Spanish (Latin American)
Means "clay" in Spanish. (compare Arcilla)

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

Arona Spanish (Latin American)

Arrieta Spanish (Latin American)

Arriva Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Audiffred 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)

Balencia Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Valencia.

Barrino Spanish (Latin American)

Bastardo Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian form of Bastard.

Bedor Spanish (Latin American)

Bendana Jewish (Sephardic), Judeo-Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Judeo-Arabic
A surname adopted by Catholic migrants from Spain who converted to Judaism at the beginning of the 17th century. The name is derived from Abedana, a Sephardi Jewish surname of Arabic origin.

Benibamonde Spanish (Latin American)

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.

Bermitt Spanish (Latin American)

Betancourt Spanish (Canarian), Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)
Cognate of Bethencourt and Bettencourt.

Bocachica Spanish (Latin American)
Literally means "little mouth" in Spanish. It could have been given to someone who had a small mouth or a small jaw, or to someone who was known for having a quiet and reserved speaking style. It could also have been a nickname given to someone who had a small but sweet smile.

Bonarius Medieval Latin

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

Buitrago Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous municipalities: the Castilian one in El Campo de Gómara or the Manchego municipality of Buitrago del Lozoya in Sierra Norte, Comunidad de Madrid.

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.

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.

Calletano Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Cayetano.

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

Campuzano Spanish (Latin American)

Candamo Spanish (Latin American)

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".

Cantaro Italian, Sicilian, Spanish (Latin American)
A derogatory nickname from Italian meaning "night pot". This surname is also found in Peru.

Capriel Spanish (Latin American)

Cardenal Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognate of Cardinal. This surname is common in Nicaragua.

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

Castaña Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish meaning "chestnut". Could be a nickname for someone having chestnut hair.

Castañez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Castaño.

Cayetano Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Cayetano. A famous bearer of the name is Filipino politician Alan Peter Cayetano (1970-).

Cerin Spanish (Latin American)

Chapiro Jewish (Ashkenazi, Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American), German
Variant and hispanicized form of Shapiro.

Chapiro Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a variant of Chaparro.

Chica Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
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.

Chilavert Spanish (Latin American)

Choquehuanca Spanish (Latin American)

Coloma Spanish (Latin American)

Comas Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)

Condor Catalan (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)

Corimanya Spanish (Latin American)

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.

Corpancho Spanish (Latin American)

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.

Corzo Spanish (Latin American)

Coti Spanish (Latin American)

Coutiño Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognate of Coutinho.

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

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

Crispín Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Crispín.

Curroto Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish surname with unknown origin. Uruguayan / Spanish singer Lucas Curroto has this surname.

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

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

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

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

Del Valle Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Filipino

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]

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

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

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

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

Estrella Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Means "star" in Spanish.

Eusebio Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), Italian (Rare)
From the given name Eusebio.

Favela Spanish (Latin American)

Ficentell Medieval Latin (Rare)
directly derived from Latin facere meaning "to do” and Latin dīcere meaning “to say”. The word originates from Old Arabic roots ṣ-n-ʿ and ṭ–l–l which means “to make” and “to reveal”, implying to the act of doing something in a way that spreads by the act of telling.

Flamenco Spanish (Latin American)
From the name of the art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain.

Flórez Spanish (Latin American)

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

Galea Biblical Latin
Galea in Latin is HELMET. The Galea was a Roman helmet in excess of 1000 BC. Another basis for the name was for a type of boat with oars and sails. The first Greek boats called galea, appeared around the second half of the 2nd millennium BC... [more]

Garsia Spanish (Latin American), Italian
Variant of García and Garzia.

Gastelu Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Gaztelu.

Germ m Medieval Latin
Meaning Sprout, youngling, or Bud.... [more]

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

Gŕădișteanu Latin
Ce au fost boierii mari în Țară Românească. Grădiștenilor

Griminesa Spanish (Latin American)

Gruezo Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)
From Catalan meaning "thick".

Guendulain Spanish (Latin American)

Güero Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
A given nickname in latin America of a person with light features.... [more]

Henriquez Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Central African, Caribbean

Herra Spanish (Latin American)

Hierbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Yerbabuena.

Ibares Spanish (Latin American)

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

Inveninato Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Italian (Rare)

Iraheta Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Iraeta.

Jaller Spanish (Latin American)

Jarita Spanish (Latin American)

Jaspe Spanish (Latin American)

Joachin Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Joaquín.

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]

Juáres Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Juárez.

Junious Spanish (Latin American), Yiddish
spanish

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

Kuilan Spanish (Latin American)

Lahoz Aragonese, Spanish (Latin American)

Lajone Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

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.

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.

Layun Spanish (Latin American)

Ledesma Spanish, Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), Galician
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Spain called Ledesma, particularly in Salamanca or Boqueixón, possibly derived from a superlative form of the Proto-Celtic root *ɸletos "breadth, side" or *ɸleitos "grey".

Lemus Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Lémieux.

Lennis Spanish (Latin American)

Leon Medieval Latin

Limonez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Limones.

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)

Lovato Spanish (Latin American), Italian
Northern Italian from the Late Latin personal name Lupatus, derivative of Latin lupus "wolf". This is one of several medieval personal names which became popular under the influence of Germanic compound personal names formed with wolf-.

Lunavelasco Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Un-hyphenated combination of the last names, Luna, and Velasco forming its’ own name. Luna meaning “the moon” in Latin as well as multiple languages. Velasco meaning “crow” or “raven”.

Lungoci Latin

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)

Malave Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish (Latin American)

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

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

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.

Matrix f Medieval Latin
After the Latin word Matrix meaning womb or source.

Meléndes Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Meléndez.

Menéndes Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Menéndez.

Meneses Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)

Menonita Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
From Spanish meaning "mennonite".

Mercades Spanish (Latin American)

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

Mestizo Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from Spanish mezclado "mixed". Likely denoting a person with mixed Spanish and Amerindian descent.

Mirena Spanish (Latin American)

Mocha Spanish (Latin American)

Modernell Spanish (Latin American, Hispanicized, Modern)
Most common in Uruguay, probably of Lebanese origin, unknown meaning or etymology.

Moina Spanish (Latin American)

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.

Morocco Spanish (Latin American)

Morocco Spanish (Latin American)

Morocco Spanish (Latin American)

Mosquera Spanish, Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish topographic name for someone who lived in a place that was infested with flies or mosquitos from a derivative of mosca "fly" (from Latin musca)... [more]

Mox Spanish (Latin American)

Naiza Spanish (Latin American)

Naola Spanish (Latin American)

Navarrate Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Navarrete.

Neico Spanish (Latin American)

Niella Spanish (Latin American)

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]

Ocasio Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly from Spanish ocasión "time, occasion" or from ocaso "dusk, sunset", but the meaning as a surname is unexplained. A famous bearer of the name is American politician and activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989-).

Olachea Spanish (Latin American)

Olivera Spanish, Catalan, Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Hispanicized)
From Catalan olivera meaning "olive tree", essentially a Spanish form of Oliveira. In some cases a Castilianized form of Oliveira.

Orlian Spanish (Latin American)

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

Paip Medieval Scottish, Biblical Latin, Scottish Gaelic
An ancient Caithness surname, meaning father. The family changed their name from "Paip" to "Pope".

Palomina Spanish (Latin American)

Pantaleón Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Pantaleón.

Pantalion Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly an altered form of Pantaleón

Patiño Spanish, Galician, Spanish (Latin American)
From a diminutive of Spanish or Galician pato meaning "duck", used as a nickname for a person who waddled.

Paunero Spanish (Latin American)

Pavon Spanish (Latin American)
Nickname for a proud man

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.

Perdomo French (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Prudhomme. A famous bearer of the name was British-American actor Chance Perdomo (1996-2024).

Poblador Spanish (Latin American)

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

Pompilii Italian, Medieval Latin
The surname Pompilii is of Italian origin and is likely derived from the Latin name Pompilius, which is historically linked to Numa Pompilius, the legendary second king of Rome known for his wisdom and religious reforms... [more]

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".

Precio Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish meaning "price".

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.

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

Restrepo Spanish (Latin American)

Reyez Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Reyes.

Reynaldez Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Means "son of Reynaldo" in Spanish.

Rincón Spanish (Latin American)

Robertis Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Robertiz.

Robertiz Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Roberto.

Romello Spanish (Latin American)

Ruldio Spanish (Latin American)
Unknown, possibly a Spanish variant of "radio".

Rulfo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)

Saldías Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

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

Sanabria Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognate of Seabra.

Sance Spanish (Latin American), Central American, French
Derived from the medieval given name Sans.

Sanclemente Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Sanctius Biblical Latin (Latinized, Archaic)
It meaning saint or holy. It comes from the Latin word sanctus.

Sandia Spanish (Latin American)

Santa María Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Santamaría.

Sarcos Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

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

Saza Spanish (Latin American)

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

Seres Spanish (Latin American)

Sidone Spanish (Latin American)

Sifuentes Spanish (Latin American)

Sigil Turkish, Spanish (Latin American)

Silba Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

Soch Spanish (Latin American)

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

Spoltore Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

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

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.

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Tacen Spanish (Latin American)

Tenorio Spanish (Latin American)

Teran Spanish (Latin American)

Tifni Spanish (Latin American)

Tiniacos Spanish (Latin American)

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

Triana Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)

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

Uvalle Spanish (Latin American)

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

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

Valentinis Friulian, Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Valentinus

Vascones Spanish (Latin American)

Verón Spanish (Latin American)

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.

Violy Spanish (Latin American)

Vorac Medieval Latin
Derived from the Latin word “vorax,” which means ravenous or greedy.

Wero Spanish (Latin American), Maori
Maori: Means "to cast a spear"... [more]

Xen Spanish (Latin American)

Yansen Indonesian, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Jansen. Most commonly found in Indonesia and Argentina.

Yerba Spanish (Latin American)

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

Yesca Spanish (Latin American)

Yisselin Spanish (Latin American)

Zanchez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Sanchez.

Zanel Spanish (Latin American)

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

Zavalia Spanish (Latin American, Americanized)

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

Zerdán Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
This surname is mainly found in Argentina.

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