Spanish last names?

Question

This is for my novel. Since my setting takes place in Arizona, I have some characters who are Mexican or Spanish. So any Basque, Spanish, Chicano, Latino, Hispanic or Mexican list of last names would be great? Even a website would be help too.

Answer 1

well there's Santos, rodiguez(sorry, i probably butchered the spelling of that name) garcia,Lopez, Herandez,Rivera. hmm and soooooooo many more... here's a site where i found some....scroll down to see them on the page.

Answer 2

Spanish children are commonly given two surnames, one from each parent. The middle name (1st surname) comes from the father's name (apellido paterno), and the last name (2nd surname) is the mother's maiden name (apellido materno). Sometimes, these two surnames may be found separated by y (meaning "and"), although this is no longer as common as it once was.
Spanish surnames developed from four major sources:

* Patronymic & Matronymic Surnames - These Hispanic surnames are often formed by adding an -es, -as, -is, or -os (common to Portuguese surnames) or an -ez, -az, -is, or -oz (common to Castilian or Spanish surnames) to the end of the father's name. (Leon Alvarez - Leon son of Alvaro).

* Occupational Surnames - e.g.Roderick Guerrero - Roderick the warrior or soldier.

* Descriptive Surnames - Often developed from nicknames or pet names (Juan Delgado - John the thin).

* Geographical Surnames - Derived from the location of the homestead from which the first bearer and his family lived (Ricardo de Lugo - Ricardo from the town of Lugo)

50 Common Spanish Surnames

1. GARCIA 26. GARZA
2. MARTINEZ 27. ALVAREZ
3. RODRIGUEZ 28. ROMERO
4. LOPEZ 29. FERNANDEZ
5. HERNANDEZ 30. MEDINA
6. GONZALES 31. MORENO
7. PEREZ 32. MENDOZA
8. SANCHEZ 33. HERRERA
9. RIVERA 34. SOTO
10. RAMIREZ 35. JIMENEZ
11. TORRES 36. VARGAS
12. GONZALES 37. CASTRO
13. FLORES 38. RODRIQUEZ
14. DIAZ 39. MENDEZ
15. GOMEZ 40. MUNOZ
16. ORTIZ 41. SANTIAGO
17. CRUZ 42. PENA
18. MORALES 43. GUZMAN
19. REYES 44. SALAZAR
20. RAMOS 45. AGUILAR
21. RUIZ 46. DELGADO
22. CHAVEZ 47. VALDEZ
23. VASQUEZ 48. RIOS
24. GUTIERREZ 49. VEGA
25. CASTILLO 50. ORTEGA

More knowledge in this area can get from following URLs
http://users.panola.com/AAGHS/ARTICLES/SURNAMES.html
http://www.tusapellidos.com/surnames.htm
http://www.searchforancestors.com/

Answer 3

Alfonso (like mine), Gonzalez, Garcia, Perez, De la Fuente, Rodriguez, Benitez, Chavez, Gutierrez, Gomez, Alonso, SAnchez, Lima, Cruz, Fuentes, Umpierrez.
If you want to search the web go to a search engine and write "apellidos" or "apellidos en español"

apellidos= last names in Spanish
apellidos en español= last names in Spanish

Answer 4

Zabarti - Basque

Answer 5

Zebadua is a great basque sounding last name.

Answer 6

Sanchez, Gacia...are the first two common ones that come to mind..here's some links:

information about their usage of last names (IMPORTANT to know)

http://www.drlemon.net/Grammar/names.html

name lists:

http://genealogy.about.com/cs/surname/a/spanish_names.htm

(scroll down to bottom of page on the above link)

Answer 7

Villarreal
Vizcaino
Del Val
Fuentes
Bejarano
Cardenas
Campelo
Borunda
Vivò
Sanfeliz
Trespalacios

Answer 8

Navarro.
Pizarro.
Gutierrez.
Ramirez
Perez.
Molina.
Salazar.
Gamarra.
Benitez.

You can also search on the white pages. online.

Answer 9

Rameris, garcia, ortega, or ganzalez r great spanish last names!!

Answer 10

garcia, martinez, rodriguez, lopez, hernandez, gonzalez, perez, sanchez, rivera, ramirez, torres, peron, villa, guevara, iglesias, aleman, silva, santos... there are tons..