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Garza – 335,829 – From Basque and Galician, Spanish meaning "heron", used as a descriptor or as part of a place name. Velásquez – 331,510 – Son of Velasco Estrada – 324,103 – From various places called Estrada, meaning "road", from Latin stata "via" denoting a paved way.
A few of these toponymic surnames can be considered nobiliary, as they first appear as the name of some Galician noble houses, [28] later expanding when these nobles began to serve as officials of the Spanish Empire, in Spain or elsewhere, as a way of maintaining them both far from Galicia and useful to the Empire: Andrade (from the house of ...
Currently in Spain, people bear a single or composite given name (nombre in Spanish) and two surnames (apellidos in Spanish).. A composite given name is composed of two (or more) single names; for example, Juan Pablo is considered not to be a first and a second forename, but a single composite forename.
She has collaborated in the preparation of the Classification of the 10 most popular names in Galicia (2000–2015). She coordinates the preparation of a large dictionary of Galician surnames, and also the Guía dos nomes galegos (Guide to Galician names). [4] She is a contributor to the magazines Verba and Cadernos da Lingua.
While the vast majority of Icelanders do not use regular surnames but rather patronyms or matronyms, around 4% of Icelanders have proper surnames. See also Icelandic names. The 20 most common surnames in the Iceland as published in 2017 are shown below beside the number of people of the Icelandic population sharing each surname. [31]
Date: 5 June 2019: Source: Own work File:Idioma_gallego_bloques_y_áreas_lingüísticas.png File:Linguistic_map_Southwestern_Europe.gif w:en:List of Galician words of Celtic origin
Martin Sheen a.k.a. Ramon Estevez (born 1940) (part Irish, part Galician) Charlie Sheen a.k.a. Carlos Estevez (born 1965) (father part Galician) Emilio Estevez (born 1962) (father part Galician) Luis Tosar (born 1971) Jesús Vázquez (born 1965) Paula Vázquez (born 1974) Pedro Alonso (born 1971) Dafne Keen (born 2005) (mother Galician)