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Pérez or Perez, as most commonly written in English, is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin.
Suárez is a common Spanish surname of Germanic origin, and an alternative form of Juárez, widely spread throughout Latin America as a consequence of colonization. In origin it is a patronymic meaning "son of Suero" or "son of Soeiro". It may be derived from the Latin name Suerius, meaning "swineherd", in turn related to the Visigothic "surhari". The surname originates to the province of Asturias in northwest Spain. This surname is most commonly found in Mexico, Spain, Cuba, and Argentina.