Moscoso is a Galician surname most prominently held in the Andean nations of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia. It is also common in Guatemala and Chile. Within Spain, the surname is most common in Andalusia, having arrived there with Galicians during the reconquest. Etymologically, this surname comes from Latin muscōsum, [1] accusative singular of muscōsus, meaning mossy...Alternatively, from mosca ("fly") + -oso ("place with"). [2] However, there are few, if any examples, in which Latin word-final "a" becomes "o", making this latter etymology unlikely." [3]
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:
Camacho is a surname of Spanish, Portuguese or French origin. Notable people with the surname include:
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.
Ugarte or uharte is a Basque word meaning "island". It can also be spelt HuarteHugarte, or Duarte in Spanish, and UhartDuhart or Duharte in French. Notable people with the surname include:
Torres is a surname in the Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, meaning "towers".
Figueroa or Figueiroa is a Galician and Spanish surname.
Vásquez is a surname of Galician origin, which later spread all over the Spanish-speaking world. Alternative spellings of the name include Vázquez or Vasques, and Vasquez or Vazquez.
Maldonado is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Flores is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese surname.
Rojas is a surname found throughout the Spanish-speaking world, especially in Latin America.
Quiñones or Quiñónez is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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:
Correa is a Spanish surname. Correa is found throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Correa means 'leather strap', 'belt', 'rein', 'shoelace', plural correas. Correa is from the Latin corrigia 'fastening', from corrigere 'to straighten', 'to correct'), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of such articles. Correa is spelt Correia in Portuguese and Galician.
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 and its Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis.
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.
Arévalo is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: