Does anyone knows where the last name Medel comes from?

Question

I check on my ancestry.com and it says from Germany, and other places but the funny thing Im hispanic. Or do you think that is possible?

Answer 1

The shortcoming of the surname sites is that they're overly general and go for the very first instance of the name and not how it spread across the world.

Surnames don't come from places, people do. People chose their surnames and took them with them wherever they went. Names also mutated over time.

There may be German people with the name Medel, but there are also MANY Mexicans with that surname. I have found hundreds of people from Texas over the last 200 years who are Mexican/Mexican-Americans named Medel.

In the El Paso city directory of 1927 there's Gregorio, Isabella and Manuel. Doesn't sound too German to me...but sure sounds Mexican.

There are 669 birth records in Texas with parents named Medel...and first names like Maria Lourdes, Zulema, Luz Maria and Christopher Herrera Medel. Again, I'm not seeing the German but sure am seeing the Hispanic.

I'll bet if you do a search of the Mexican white pages, you'll find thousands of people with the Medel surname. Just a hunch, but I'll bet the surname developed in Central and South America independently of Germany.

Answer 2

Certainly, during the 1800's and beyond there were many immigrants to Mexico, Central and South America from Germany.

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Answer 4

My last name is Medel, and my uncle done his homework on where my great great grandfather was born, and it was in Spain.

Answer 5

Names can come from anywhere... including a possible unknown adoption in your family background.
If you are just interested in the name, many sites can give generic information. In order to really know who YOU are, you need to trace your direct ancestry, step by step. Another thing to remember... if you have 8 gr grandparents, only one of those has the surname by birth (direct father's lineage). You are just as much genetically by the other 7 gr grandparents, all of whom might have been living in Spain or Mexico, or....
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