Spanish Surnames in the Southwestern United States: A Dictionary

Álava Alfonso America Ancient surname found Andalusia Arabic Aragon Aragonese name Asturian name Asturias Ávila Basque name Basque surname Basque word belonging branch Burgos Castile Castilian name Catalan name Catalonia century combination comes Compostela Cuenca Derived from latin Descendant diminutive division Dweller equivalent Estremadura etymology extended throughout Found in Galicia Found in Vizcaya found principally French Galician name geographic German given Guipúzcoa Hence implies indicates Islands Italy King knight land Later latin word Leon lives Lugo Madrid meaning means place Mexico mountains of Santander name from mountains Name of village Navarre noble Orense origin Oviedo pasture patronymic person place name places in Spain political subdivision Popular surname Portugal probably province Reconquest refers Rioja river Roman Rule Salamanca Santiago Seville someone Spanish Spanish form suggests Teruel throughout the Peninsula Toledo toponyms town tree unknown Valencia Valladolid variant