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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.
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).
These are the lists of the most common Spanish surnames in Spain, Mexico, Hispanophone Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic), and other Latin American countries. The surnames for each section are listed in numerically descending order, or from most popular to least popular.
Pages in category "Spanish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,074 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of Hispanos, both settlers and their descendants (either fully or partially of such origin), who were born or settled, between the early 16th century and 1850, in what is now the southwestern United States (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, southwestern Colorado, Utah and Nevada), as well as Florida, Louisiana (1763–1800) and other Spanish colonies in what is ...
Angelina County, Texas (From "Angelina," a Spanish given name. Its English equivalent is "Angeline") Aransas County, Texas (indirectly named after the Sanctuary of Arantzazu in Spain, a name of Basque origin) Archuleta County, Colorado (From "Archuleta," a Spanish surname) Atascosa County, Texas ("Boggy")
The 36th president of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, graduated from the institution in 1930; [12] Texas State University is the only college or university in Texas to have a U.S. president as an alumnus. Texas State's main campus consists of 259 buildings on 517 acres (2.09 km 2) of hilly land along the San Marcos River.
Martínez is a widely spread surname (among other European surnames) due in large part to the global influence of the Spanish culture on territories and colonies in the Americas, Africa and Asia. Likewise, due to emigration throughout Europe, Martínez is relatively common in countries neighboring or near Spain, such as: Andorra, Portugal ...