Surnames
The Delacruz Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Delacruz means "of the Cross": a Spanish devotional surname, not an ancestral one. Its Filipino, Dominican, Mexican and Chamorro histories, explained.
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The Hernandez Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Hernandez means “son of Hernando”, the Spanish Ferdinand. Explore the surname's Visigothic roots, the Fernandez doublet, and its Mexican and Filipino strands.
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The Navarro Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Navarro means 'the Navarrese', from the Basque kingdom of Navarre. Explore the surname's Spanish origin, its southward spread, variants and American history.
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The Martinez Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Martinez means son of Martin, from the Latin Martinus. Explore the Spanish surname's origins, spelling variants, American waves and 1,060,159 US bearers.
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The Villa Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
The Villa surname means town or country estate, from the Latin villa. Spanish and Italian in origin, overwhelmingly Mexican in America. Meaning and history.
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The Valdez Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Valdez is a Spanish surname from the Valdes valley in Asturias. Its meaning, the -ez myth, and its New Mexican, Mexican and Filipino family lines explained.
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The Rodriguez Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Rodriguez means son of Rodrigo, from the Visigothic Hrodric: fame and power. The origin, meaning, spellings and American history of the Rodriguez surname.
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The Franco Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Franco is Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Sephardi Jewish at once, from the Germanic Franks and the medieval word for free. Origin, meaning and history.
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The Gonzales Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Gonzales means son of Gonzalo, a Visigothic name from northern Spain. The meaning, the -es and -ez split, New Mexico and Filipino roots, and how common…
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The Garcia Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Garcia surname origin, meaning and history: a Basque and Navarrese name, Spain's commonest, and the 6th most common in America with 1,166,120 bearers.
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The Ramos Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Ramos means branches, from the Latin ramus. Explore its Spanish and Portuguese origins, the Palm Sunday link, spelling variants, US rank 76 and famous bearers.
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The Guerra Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Guerra means war: a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian nickname for a soldier. Origin, variants, US census rank and famous bearers of the Guerra surname.
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