This way when a woman marries a man, she never losses her maiden surname,Īnd her family name is carried by her descendents (although just for one Juan Martínez Escudero + Marta Villanueva In my opinion this is betterīecause you know for certain who the mother is, but in some cases one mayĮ.g. In Portuguese speaking countries also use two family names,īut for them the mother's surname comes first.
This is because we have usually two family names (surnames), whenįollowing an ancient tradition, when a child is born, he/she receives theįirst surname from the father and the second surname is the first surname You may wonder why people from Spanish speaking countries have such long There are plenty of places in Spain called Soto or El Soto.Spanish Family Names All you wanted to know and never dared to ask about Spanish family names
This is the final section in the overall list. Silva means “forest” in Latin, and the name refers to people living in a forested region. Silva is the most common name in this section and was within the top two hundred names in the 2010 U.S. In other words, the name originally referred to people who lived near that kind of mountain terrain. The name derives from the Spanish word for a mountain ridge ( serra), which makes this a topographic name. There is also a less common variant spelled with one r. Serrano is the most common name within this section. What extra details would you like to see? Please leave a comment! Hispanic names from Sauceda to Serratos How can I help you more with your interest in Hispanic names? It is linked in particular to the region of Galicia in Spain. Santiago has a related origin in that refers to a saint ( santo) with the name of James ( Yago). Santos comes from the Spanish word for “saints”. Both Santos and Santiago are within the top 300 names from the 2010 U.S. There are several more common names in this section. Hispanic surnames from Santacruz to Sarria
Sanchez means “son of Sancho” and the latter name derives from the Latin “sanctus” for sanctified or holy. Sanchez is the most common name in this section, and was the 26th most common name in the 2010 U.S. Hispanic names from Saldierna to Sanroman The origins point to people residing in the town of Salazar in the northern Spanish province of Burgos.Īnd the town itself likely took its name from an old hall, as “salla” means hall and “zahar” means old in the Basque dialect. The most common name in the United States in this section is Salazar, which was ranked 179th in the 2010 census. Let’s start with names from Saavedra to Saldarriaga. We’ll break up this list into sections so we can draw your attention to some of the most common names and their meanings. You can use our surname ranking tool, which shows you where any last name ranks in the U.S. The surname may have fallen under our 60% threshold for holders declaring themselves as Hispanic. Click on any letter below to follow a link. We have a list of Hispanic names for each letter of the alphabet. The final column shows how common the surname is in the United States. The percentage of Hispanic names is a simple calculation of the second column divided by the third. The next column shows the total number of people bearing that name. Our tables show you the number of people of this surname who declared on the census that they were Hispanic. We used a cutoff of 60% to ensure that the last names were typically Hispanic. census of 2010 included a question that asked if the person was “ Spanish / Hispanic/ Latino”.
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