Unlike much of the world, Spaniards and a significant portion of Latin Americans carry two surnames: inherited from the father and the mother. This distinctive tradition, deeply rooted in Spanish ...

In a Spanish government ranking of surname frequency, you have to scan down to #30 (Molina) before you find a name definitely related to a trade. There are plenty of occupational surnames in ...

left a legacy still evident in the predominance of Spanish surnames. However, European immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries also contributed to a diversity of surnames from Italy ...

Or have you always assumed that your Spanish-sounding surname meant that you have Spanish ancestors? Many Filipinos have stories of ancestors being “wanted men” during the Spanish period and t ...

Claveria provided 61,000 options in a Catalogo alfabetico de apellidos (Alphabetical catalogue of surnames). Thus, some very ethnic-looking people today have Spanish surnames like Gonzalez, Gutierrez, ...

These surnames are scattered across the Spanish-speaking world, highlighting the enduring influence of this tradition. The BBC reported that, in many cases, surnames were not chosen but rather ...