Cela is a Spanish-Galician surname. [1] [2] Notable people with the surname include:
Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
Gallegos is a Spanish surname. It is a regional name denoting someone from Galicia. Notable people with the surname include:
Estrada is a Spanish surname and Portuguese term. Notable people with the surname include:
Molina is a Spanish occupational surname. Molina is Latin for 'mill' and is derived from another Latin word, mola ('millstone'). The surname originated from the early Middle Ages, referring to a person who operates a mill or a millstone. Other Spanish surnames, like Molinero, have also originated in the work and management of a mill. Spanish municipalities like Molina de Segura (Murcia) or Molina de Aragón still nowadays include millstones or mill blades in their respective coats of arms.
Fernández is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Fernando". The Germanic name that it derives from means "brave traveler." The Portuguese version of this surname is Fernandes. The Arabized version is Ibn Faranda and it was used by the Mozarabs and Muwallads in Al-Andalus. Fernández was on the list of Officers and Sailors in the First Voyage of Columbus. The name is popular in Spanish speaking countries and former colonies. The Anglicization of this surname is Fernandez.
Camilo is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Ortega is a Spanish surname. A baptismal record in 1570 records a de Ortega "from the village of Ortega". There were several villages of this name in Spain. The toponym derives from Latin urtica, meaning "nettle".
Sánchez is a Spanish family name.
Orozco is of Spanish/Basque origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Hurtado is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mejía is a Spanish surname dating back to the early 1500s. Its exact origins are disputed, with several theories surrounding its etymology, including its Sephardic Jewish origin from the word Messiah. The last name is primarily found in the Spanish regions of Galicia and Toledo, the surname today is also common in several Latin American countries, particularly Mexico, Honduras, and Colombia.
Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara (Catalan), Alcântara (Portuguese), and Alcantara (Sicilian) are surnames related to the Andalusian place name Alcántara, derived from Arabic for "the bridge".
Marquess of Iria Flavia is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility. This marquessate was bestowed by Juan Carlos I of Spain by Royal Decree 1137/1996, on 17 May 1996 on the author and Nobel laureate, Camilo José Cela Trulock, in recognition of his contribution to literature and the Spanish language. The title recalls the Celtiberian port of Iria Flavia in Galicia, northwestern Spain, where Cela was born and is now buried.
Cortés, Cortês (Portuguese), Cortès (Catalan) is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname derived from the Old French corteis or curteis, meaning 'courteous' or 'polite', and is related to the English Curtis.
Trulock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Polanco is a Spanish surname originating from the municipality of Polanco, Cantabria in Spain. Notable people with the surname include:
Aguirre is a surname of Basque origin. It shows different variants and composite surnames, meaning 'prominent' or 'exposed prominence/place'. Lope de Aguirre was one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas. Based on "the U.S. Census Bureau's 1990 and 2000 censuses," HowManyofMe.com estimates in mid-2013 that 68,990 people bear the surname Aguirre in the United States, making the name statistically the country's 508th most common surname.
Quesada is a Spanish toponymic surname originating from the town of Quesada in Jaén, Andalucia. It was originally the surname of the nobility of the town of Quesada. It is also briefly mentioned in the tale of Don Quixote as a possible alternate surname for the title character. The name was also used by the Moors at the time.
Merino is a surname of Spanish origin, commonly found in Navarre, Burgos, and Seville. The surname originates from the medieval Latin maiorinus, a steward or head official of a village, from maior, meaning "greater".
Ruanova is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: