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, accusative singular of muscōsus, meaning mossy...Alternatively, from mosca ("fly") + -oso. However, there are few, if any examples, in which Latin word-final "a" becomes "o", making this latter etymology unlikely."
Palmieri is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico resulted in the 19th century from widespread economic and political changes in Europe that made life difficult for the peasant and agricultural classes in Corsica and other territories. The Second Industrial Revolution drew more people into urban areas for work, widespread crop failure resulted from long periods of drought, and crop diseases, and political discontent rose. In the early nineteenth century, Spain lost most of its possessions in the so-called "New World" as its colonies won independence. It feared rebellion in its last two Caribbean colonies: Puerto Rico and Cuba. The Spanish Crown had issued the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 which fostered and encouraged the immigration of European Catholics, even if not of Spanish origin, to its Caribbean colonies.
Torres is a surname in the Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, meaning "towers".
Cordero is Spanish and Italian last name origin. The name means "young lamb", per the Latin cordarius. It may be an occupational name for a shepherd, or a nickname meaning "lamb".
Santini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Serrano is a surname common in the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian languages.
Nieves, the Spanish plural form of nieve, is a surname and female given name derived from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, meaning "Our Lady of the Snows", a reference to the 4th-century Catholic miracle of a summertime snowfall on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The surname is most prevalent in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, United States, and Puerto Rico, where it is most densely concentrated. Within Spain, it is most common in Andalusia, Madrid, Canary Islands, and Galicia. According to Roser Saurí Colomer and Patrick Hanks of Brandeis University, the Spanish surname Nieves is of Asturian-Leonese origin. The Portuguese variant is Neves, and it is most common in Brazil. There is also a Scottish Nieves surname that originated in Nevay, located in Angus, Scotland, and thus can be found in that country of United Kingdom.
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.
Vassallo or Vasallo is a surname of Italian and Spanish origin. It is a common surname in Malta. Notable people with the surname include:
Rigau is a surname of Catalan-language origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Colón is a Spanish surname, comparable to the Italian and Portuguese Colombo, or English surname Columbus. Notable people with the surname include:
Paoli is an Italian surname, derived from the given name Paolo (Paul). Notable people with the surname include:
Anselmi is an Italian surname, a cognate of Anselm. Notable people with the surname include:
Ferré is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arroyo is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pinero or Piñero is a surname of the following people
Rexach is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Fraticelli is an Italian surname, meaning little friar. Outside of Italy, the surname is most prevalent in Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Rivera is a surname of Spanish and Italian origin which was the old spelling of ribera, the Spanish word for "riverbank".
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