Pérez, or Perez as most commonly written in English, is a Castilian Spanish surname. Perez is also common in people of Sephardic Jewish descent and is the 4th most common surname in Israel, most common surname not of Hebrew origin and most common surname exclusive to a single Jewish ethnic division.
Nunez is the anglicized form of the Spanish surname Núñez. The Portuguese variant is Nunes. Notable people with the name 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.
Gutiérrez is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Gutier/Gutierre". Gutierre is a form of Gualtierre, the Spanish form of Walter. Gutiérrez is the Spanish form of the English surnames Walters, Watkins, and Watson, and has Germanic etymological origin.
Calderón is a Spanish and Sefardi occupational surname. It is derived from the Vulgar Latin "caldaria" ("cauldron") and refers to the occupation of tinker.
Figueroa is a Spanish surname of Galician origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Vázquez, in non-Spanish-speaking countries often spelled as Vazquez or Vasquez, is an originally Galician surname, in use not only in Galicia but all over the Spanish-speaking world.
Maldonado is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Montiel is a surname of Spanish origin. It comes from the area of southern Spain known as Campo de Montiel and the town located within the area called Montiel, in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real. People with the last name "Montiel" most likely have ancestors who came from the area.
Vera is an Italian and Spanish surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
Rosa is a surname with multiple etymologies. In Italian and Catalan, it means "rose" (flower). It is also a Portuguese and Spanish language surname. Variants include Da Rosa or da Rosa, De Rosa or de Rosa, and DeRosa or DaRosa. In Polish, Czech, and Slovak, it means "dew".
Rosales is used as a name in historic and current Spanish countries:
Venegas is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alvarado is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Blanco is a surname of Spanish origin, meaning "white". Notable people with the surname include:
Fuentes is a Spanish language surname meaning "fountains." Notable people with the surname include:
Ibarra is a Basque-language surname meaning "valley" or "plain by the river". Notable people with the surname include:
Peralta is a Spanish surname. It is also an Italian surname found in Sicily, Piedmont, and Tuscany.
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.
Alderete is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
