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Pages in category "Surnames of Puerto Rican origin" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... This page was last edited on 11 March 2024, at ...
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.
Most of the surnames of the Brazilian population have a Portuguese origin, due to Portuguese colonization in the country (it is estimated that 80% of the Brazilian population has at least one Portuguese ancestor), while other South American countries were largely colonized by the Spanish.
A. Abadía (surname) Abalo; Abarca (surname) Abascal; Abrego (surname) Abrigo; Abril; Acevedo (surname) Aceves; Acosta; Acuña; Acurio; Adames; Adan (surname) Afamado
In an English-speaking environment, Spanish-named people sometimes hyphenate their surnames to avoid Anglophone confusion or to fill in forms with only one space provided for the last name: [14] for example, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is of Puerto Rican heritage, is named "Ocasio-Cortez" because her parents' surnames are ...
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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).
Carlos Betances Ramírez (1910–2001), Puerto Rican Army Colonel; Chamaco Ramirez (1941–1983), Puerto Rican salsa singer and composer; Cierra Ramirez (born 1995), American actress; Cuauhtémoc Sandoval Ramírez (1950–2012), Mexican politician; Dania Ramírez (born 1979), Dominican actress; Daniel Ramírez Romero (born 1995), Spanish singer