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Garcia, Gartzia or García is an Iberian surname common throughout Spain, Portugal, Andorra, the Americas, France [3] and the Philippines. It is a surname of patronymic origin; García was a very common first name in early medieval Iberia.
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).
The most common surname remains Smith; over two million Americans have that name and it is the most common name for white, native and multiracial residents. The most common name among black Americans was Williams and the most common name among Asian Americans was Nguyen .
Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the mother's first surname. Since 1999, the order of the surnames in a family in Spain is decided when registering the first child, but the traditional order is nearly universally chosen (99.53% of the time).
Garza is a Galician and Basque surname and the Spanish word for the heron.Garza has also become a part of many placenames.. House of Garza. Garza was the surname of many Sephardic Jews that settled in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico and the name is still found in many people from that Mexican state.
The earliest documented Basque surnames occur on Aquitanian inscriptions from the time of the Roman conquest of Hispania and Gallia Aquitania.For the most part these can be easily identified with modern or medieval Basque surnames, for example ENNECONIS (the personal name Eneko plus the Latin genitive ending -IS, stem augmented by -N) > Enekoitz.