Pérez is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin.
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for Peter. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
Contreras is a Spanish surname of toponymic origin, for "from the surrounding area". It is a common family name in the Hispanic-speaking world.
Ramos is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin that means "bouquets" or "branches". Notable people with the surname include:
Montoya is a Basque and Spanish surname. It originally comes from a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava, in the Basque region of northern Spain. During the Reconquista, it extended southwards throughout Castille and Andalusia. The name roughly translates to mean hills and valleys. It has become more frequent among Gitanos than among the general Spanish population.
Maldonado is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Esparza is a Basque surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara (Catalan), Alcântara (Portuguese), and Alcantara (Sicilian) are surnames related to the Andalusian place name Alcántara, derived from Arabic for "the bridge".
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.
Campos is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, meaning "Fields" in both languages. Notable people with the surname include:
Alegría is a Spanish surname native of the Basque Country, Spain. While some authors place the origin of this lineage in Navarre and Vitoria, most writers take as true that its origin comes from the natives of Alegría de Oria, district of Tolosa, in the province of Guipuzkoa.
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.
Curbelo is a Spanish surname. It also has Portuguese variations, with the spellings Corvelo, Curvelo, Curvello. The Curbelo surname is found in the Canary Islands in the 18th century and it spread from Lanzarote to the New World. It is most common in Uruguay and Cuba.
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.
Heredia is a surname originating in a place-name. One such surname is Basque, derived from the village Heredia in Álava, Basque Country.
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".
Frías is a common Spanish surname. Its Portuguese counterpart is Frias. Notable people with Frías or Frias as middle name, last name, apellido materno, or apellido paterno include:
Cela is a Spanish-Galician surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Garí is a surname of Catalan and Balearic origin.
Vaca is a Spanish language surname, literally meaning "cow". The surname originated in Valderas, León in Spain. It may refer to:
