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. [1] Other Spanish surnames, like Molinero (literally: 'miller'), have also originated in the work and management of a mill. Spanish municipalities like Molina de Segura (Murcia) or Molina de Aragón (Castilla-La Mancha) still nowadays include millstones or mill blades in their respective coats of arms (cf. coat of arms of Molina de Segura and Coats of arms of Molina de Aragón).
A bloodline of Molinas, in the Christian Kingdom of Castile, originated from ennoblement when Manrique Pérez de Lara, of the House of Lara, in April 1154 issued a fuero to the town of Molina, nowadays called Molina de Aragón. [2]
González is a Spanish surname of Germanic origin, the second most common in Spain, as well as one of the five most common surnames in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, and Venezuela, and one of the most common surnames in the entire Spanish-speaking world. As of 2017, it is the 13th most common surname in the United States.
Pérez is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin.
Guzmán or de Guzmán is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese language equivalent is Gusmão.
Morales is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Calderón is a Spanish and Sefardi occupational surname. It is derived from the Vulgar Latin "caldaria" ("cauldron") and refers to the occupation of tinker.
Márquez or Marquez is a surname of Spanish origin, meaning "son of Marcos or Marcus". Its Portuguese equivalent is Marques.
Rodríguez is a Spanish-language patronymic surname of Visigothic origin and a common surname in Spain and Latin America. Its Portuguese equivalent is Rodrigues.
Ramos is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin that means "bouquets" or "branches". Notable people with the surname include:
Torres is a surname in the Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, meaning "towers".
Hernández is a widespread Spanish patronymic surname that became common around the 15th century. It means son of Hernán, Hernando, or Fernando, the Spanish version of the Germanic Ferdinand. Fernández is also a common variant of the name. Hernandes and Fernandes are their Portuguese equivalents.
Flores is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese surname.
Castillo is a Spanish surname meaning 'castle'. The Portuguese version of this surname is Castilho.
Martínez is a common surname in the Spanish language. Martínez is the most common surname in the Spanish regions of Navarre, La Rioja, Cuenca and Murcia. There are also variations such as San Martin and Martín.
Rojas is a surname found throughout the Spanish-speaking world, especially in Latin America.
Muñoz is a Spanish-language surname—with a Portuguese-language variant (Munhoz), from Basque "muinoa" (Hill) The surname was expanded during the Reconquista with massive settlements done by citizens from Navarre and Álava in New Castile and Andalusia.
Rosales is used as a name in historic and current Spanish countries. Notable people with the name include:
Blanco is a surname of Spanish origin, meaning "white". Notable people with the surname include:
López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin. It was originally a patronymic, meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf". Its Portuguese and Galician equivalent is Lopes, its Italian equivalent is Lupo, its French equivalent is Loup, its Romanian equivalent is Lupu or Lupescu, its Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis and its basque equivalente is Otxo.
Herrera is a surname of Spanish origin, from the Latin word ferrāria, meaning "iron mine" or "iron works" and also the feminine of Latin ferrārius, "of or pertaining to iron"; or, alternatively, the feminine of Spanish herrero, which also gives the surname Herrero. Variants of the name include Errera, Ferrera and the less common Bherrera. Its equivalent in Portuguese and Galician is Ferreira. Also, because of Spanish naming customs, some people are listed here with their family name as their second-to-last name.
Rivera is a surname of Spanish and Italian origin which was the old spelling of ribera, the Spanish word for "riverbank".