WAcevedo is a surname of Portuguese origin which comes from the town of Azevedo in the Viana do Castelo District in Portugal. It means a grove of holly trees or hollywood, as the Portuguese and Spanish words for holly is acebo. The surname changed from Azevedo to Acevedo when it passed to Spain. As a consequence of colonization, it is widely spread in Latin America. There is also the Acebedo variant, whose origin resides in the Asturian municipality of Acebedo, Spain. Notable people with the surname include:Aníbal Santiago Acevedo, Puerto Rican boxer Anthony Acevedo (1924–2018), Mexican-American engineer and U.S. soldier incarcerated in Berga concentration camp during World War II Art Acevedo, Cuban-American Houston chief of police Dariam Acevedo, Puerto Rican female beach volleyball player Domingo Acevedo, Dominican baseball relief pitcher Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete Jackie Acevedo, Mexican-American football player Janier Acevedo, Colombian cyclist José Acevedo (baseball), Dominican baseball pitcher José Acevedo (sprinter), Venezuelan sprinter Juan Acevedo, Mexican baseball player Kirk Acevedo, American actor Mario Acevedo, Guatemalan football forward Rafael Acevedo (cyclist), Colombian cyclist Raymond Acevedo, Puerto Rican rock singer Sergio Acevedo, Argentine politician
WGastón Acurio Jaramillo is a Peruvian chef and ambassador of Peruvian cuisine. He owns several restaurants in various countries, and is the author of several books. In Peru, he is the host of a television program and contributes to culinary magazines.
WAlderete is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Bernardo de Alderete (1565–1645), Spanish writer Jerónimo de Alderete, Spanish conquistador Jorge Alderete, Argentine illustrator Juan Alderete, Mexican-American musician Martín Carrillo Alderete, Roman Catholic prelate Megan Alderete, American racing cyclist Reinaldo Alderete, Argentine footballer Terry Alderete (1945–2013), American businesswoman
WArgüello is a Spanish surname, most commonly associated with the early settlers in the cities of Granada, Nicaragua and of Córdoba, Argentina, as well as throughout Mexico and, in the United States, in what is now the state of California, the so-called Californio Argüellos.
WBarragan or Barragán is a Spanish surname that may refer toAntonio Barragán, Spanish footballer Claudio Barragán, Spanish footballer Cuno Barragan, American baseball player Eduardo Barragan, Colombian boxer Fernando Elizondo Barragán, Mexican politician Javier Lozano Barragán, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal Jonathan Barragán, Spanish professional motocross racer Julio Barragán (1928–2011), Argentine painter Luis Barragán (1902–1988), Mexican architect Luis Barragán (1914–2009), Argentine painter Luis Barragan (executive) (1971–2006), American businessman and philanthropist Miguel Barragán (1790–1844), Mexican general and politician Nanette Barragán, American politician Rodolfo Barragán Schwarz, Mexican architect Martin Barragan, Mexican professional footballer from Tizapan el Alto, Jalisco who currently plays for Necaxa.
WBazan is a Spanish surname. Notable people with this surname include:
WCárdenas is a locational surname originated in La Rioja, Spain. It comes from a noble house of Viscay belonging to the low nobility. In Spain, Cárdenas is the 287th most frequently surname, accounting for 0.37% of the population. It is the 296th most popular surname in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia.
WCastañeda or Castaneda is a Spanish surname.
WCeballos is a Spanish toponymic surname. A variant is Cevallos. Notable people with the name include:Alberto Heredia Ceballos, Spanish footballer Camilo Ceballos, Colombian footballer Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer Isabel Ceballos, Colombian swimmer Jacqueline Ceballos, American feminist Jose Ceballos, Government Affairs Director for National Air Traffic Controllers Association Juan Bautista Ceballos, interim president of Mexico Juan Carlos Ceballos, Spanish footballer Luis Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish botanist Matias Gabriel Ceballos, Italian Argentinean footballer Rodrigo de Ceballos, Spanish composer Leonor Watling, Spanish film actress and singer.
WCepeda is a Spanish surname dating back to the 12th century. Notable people with the surname include:Amaranta Osorio Cepeda, Mexican playwright, actress and arts manager Andrés Cepeda, Colombian singer Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress Arturo Cepeda, Mexican-American Catholic prelate Bonny Cepeda, Dominican Republic musician Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian Pianist and Diplomat Christian Cepeda, Argentine professional footballer Cláudia Cepeda, Brazilian actress Diego Ramirez de Cepeda, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate Dolores Cepeda (1965–1977), American girl strangled and raped by the Hillside Stranglers Ender Cepeda, Venezuelan painter Enrique Cepeda, Cuban paralympic athlete Esther J. Cepeda, syndicated columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times Francisco Cepeda (1532–1602), Spanish-Dominican missionary Francisco Cepeda (cyclist) (1906–1935), Spanish cyclist Frederich Cepeda, Cuban baseball player Jefferson Alexander Cepeda, Ecuadorian cyclist Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda, Ecuadorian cyclist José Cevallos Cepeda (1831–1893), Mexican politician and military leader Julio Cepeda, Mexican cyclist Laura Cepeda, Spanish actress Liliana "Barbarita" Cepeda (1990–1997), Puerto Rican girl whose death caused an investigation Lorna Cepeda, Colombian actress Luis Cepeda, Spanish singer Marco Cepeda, Spanish middle-distance runner Natividad Cepeda, Spanish poet, writer and habitual columnist Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player Pedro Cepeda (1905–1955), Puerto Rican baseball player Rafael Cepeda (1910–1996), patriarch of the musical Cepeda family Ramiro Cepeda, former Argentine football manager and former player Raquel Cepeda, American journalist, critic, film-maker, and autobiographer Rolando Cepeda, Cuban male volleyball player Rubén Cepeda, Chilean footballer Santiago Cepeda, Colombian poet and novelist. Wellington Cepeda, Dominican former professional baseball player and current coach Wilson Cepeda, Colombian road cyclist
WCisneros is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:Adriana Cisneros, Venezuelan journalist and the CEO and Vice Chairman of Cisneros Group Al Cisneros, American stoner metal musician Antonio Cisneros, Peruvian poet Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros (1758–1829), Viceroy of the Rio de La Plata Carlos Cisneros (1948-2019), American politician Diego Cisneros (1911–1980), Venezuelan businessman Countess Eleonora de Cisneros (1878–1934), American opera singer and educator Evelyn Cisneros, American ballet dancer Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros (1753–1821), Spanish Bishop of Urgell Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517), Spanish cardinal and statesman; grand inquisitor Gil Cisneros, American philanthropist and politician Gustavo Cisneros, Venezuelan businessman Henry Cisneros, American politician; former mayor of San Antonio & Secretary of HUD Ignacio Hidalgo de Cisneros (1896–1966), Spanish general of the Spanish Air Force José Cisneros, American politician José B. Cisneros (1910–2009), Mexican-born American illustrator and artist, specializing in Texas and Southwestern history José Dionisio Cisneros (1796–1847), Venezuelan guerilla Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (1629–1708), Spanish prelate, colonial official, and viceroy of Peru Octavio Cisneros, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, and Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin Omar Cisneros, Cuban track and field Olympic athlete Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Venezuelan philanthropist Pedro Treto Cisneros (1939–2013), Mexican baseball organizer, manager, and writer Rudy Cisneros, American professional boxer Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet
WCordero is a family name of Spanish origin. The name means "young lamb", per the Latin cordarius. It may be an occupational name for a shepherd, or a nickname meaning "lamb".
WCorrea is a noble Spanish surname, with its origin in Paio Correia, a knight and lord of Farelães, grandfather of Paio Peres Correia, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago; The remaining Correa, Currea and Currelha houses on the Iberian Peninsula flow from them.
WCosta, sometimes Costas, da Costa, Da Costa, or Dalla Costa, is an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish surname. The surname spread throughout the world through colonization. It is also a surname chosen by Jews and other religious groups due to Roman Catholic and other Christian conversions.
WCovarrubias is a surname in the Spanish language, indicating place of origin, the village and municipality of Covarrubias, that was founded in the 7th century by the visigothic king Chindasuinth.
WCruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile, Spain, but later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word means "cross", either the Christian cross or the figure of transecting lines or ways. For example, in the Philippines, the adopted Tagalog word is rendered to "krus" in plain usage, but the Spanish spelling survives as a surname.
WDe Jesús, De Jesus or capitalized as de Jesús, de Jesus is a Spanish and Portuguese surname and a common family name in the Hispanic and Portuguese-speaking world. In the year 2000, there were 26,336 people of Hispanic/Latino origin in the United States with the surname De Jesus, making 172nd in order of frequency for all Hispanic/Latino surnames, and 1,002nd most common surname in the U.S. A decade later in 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 44,038 people with the last name Dejesus, making it the 783rd most common surname in the U.S. In the Philippines, De Jesus is the 33rd most common surname, held by about 1.1% of the population.
WDel Toro is a surname first found in the Castilian province of Zamora in Spain, dating back to the sixteenth century. It is also found in sixty-five communes throughout Italy with a predominant presence in the provinces of Teramo (Abruzzo) and Siena (Tuscany).Angelo Del Toro (1947–1994), New York politician Arancha del Toro, also known as Arancha Solis, Spanish film, television, and theater actress Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor Carlos Del Toro, Cuban-born American businessman and U.S. Secretary of the Navy nominee Carlos del Toro Orihuela, Cuban artist David del Toro Jiménez, known as David Toro, Spanish footballer Emiliano Mercado del Toro (1891-2007), for a while the oldest person in the world Emilio del Toro Cuebas (1876-1955), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1909 to 1922 Enrique Campos del Toro (1900–c.1970), Puerto Rican banker and law professor Guillermo del Toro, Mexican film director Herminio Brau del Toro, Puerto Rican lawyer, engineer, professor, writer and industrialist Josefina del Toro Fulladosa (1901–1975), the first woman to become a library school professor in Puerto Rico Mario Enrique del Toro, Mexican politician Miguel del Toro (1972–2001), Mexican baseball pitcher Miguel Carlos Francisco Alvarez del Toro (1917–1996), Mexican biologist Rebeca Pous Del Toro, Spanish singer Salvador Barajas del Toro, Mexican politician Tomás del Toro del Villar, Mexican politician Ulises Rosales del Toro, Cuban general and Minister of Agriculture Uriel del Toro, Mexican actor and model
WJuan Sebastián Elcano was a Castilian navigator of Basque origin best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the nao Victoria on the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands. He received recognition for his achievement by the emperor Charles V with the coat of arms reading "primus circundedisti me".
WMaría Escudero-Escribano is a Spanish chemist and Director of the Nano-Electrochemical group at the University of Copenhagen. Her research considers the design of materials for catalysis, fuel cells and sustainable chemistry.
WFajardo is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:Arturo Fajardo, Uruguayan Roman Catholic bishop Claudia Fajardo, Honduran sport shooter Cody Fajardo, American football player Denisse Fajardo, Peruvian volleyball player Eduardo Fajardo (1924–2019), Spanish actor Felicisimo Fajardo (1914–2001), Filipino basketball player Fernando Fajardo, Uruguayan footballer Francisco Fajardo, Spanish conquistador Franzen Fajardo, Filipino actor Gabriel Fajardo (1917–2008), Filipino basketball player Héctor Fajardo, Mexican baseball player João Fajardo, Portuguese footballer June Mar Fajardo, Filipino basketball player Kevin Fajardo, Costa Rican footballer Kim Fajardo, Filipino volleyball player Luis Fajardo, Colombian footballer Pablo Fajardo, Ecuadorian lawyer Práxedes Fajardo, Philippine revolutionary Sergio Fajardo, Colombian mathematician and politician Sharif Fajardo, Puerto Rican basketball player Sharon Fajardo, Honduran swimmer William Fajardo, Mexican fencer
WPedro Alexander Florimón Jr., is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop for the San Diego Padres organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Phillies. In 2004, Florimón was signed by the Orioles, as a non-drafted free agent. He made his MLB debut, in 2011.
WGalarza is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:Adrián Salvador Galarza González, Mexican politician Alma Galarza, Puerto Rican singer Ana Galarza, Ecuadorian beauty pageant winner Ernesto Galarza (1905–1984), Mexican-American labor activist Jaime Galarza Zavala, Ecuadorian writer, poet, journalist and politician Kenny Galarza, Puerto Rican boxer Marcos Galarza, Argentine footballer Mariano Galarza, Argentine rugby union player Sergio Galarza, Bolivian footballer Valentín Galarza Morante (1882–1951), Spanish politician
WGonzález is a Spanish surname, the second most common in Spain. One of the five most common surnames in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, and Venezuela – González is one of the most common surnames in the entire Spanish-speaking world. As of 2017, it is the 13th most common surname in the United States.
WGuerrero is a surname of Spanish origin meaning warrior.
WGuzmán is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese language equivalent is Gusmão.
WHerrera is a surname of Spanish origin, from the Latin word ferrāria, meaning "iron mine" or "iron works" and also the feminine of Latin ferrārius, "of or pertaining to iron"; or, alternatively, the feminine of Spanish herrero, which also gives the surname Herrero. Variants of the name include Errera, Ferrera and the less common Bherrera. Its equivalent in Portuguese and Galician is Ferreira. Also, because of Spanish naming customs, some people are listed here with their family name as their second-to-last name.
WLeón is a Spanish surname. A habitational name from León, a city in northwestern Spain, named with Latin legio, genitive legionis ‘legion’, a division of the Roman army. In Roman times the city was the garrison of the 7th Legion, known as the Legio Gemina. The city’s name became reduced from Legion(em) to Leon(em), and in this form developed an unetymological association with the word for ‘lion’, Spanish león. In Spanish it is also a nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, from león ‘lion’. Leon is also found as a Greek family name from Greek leon ‘lion’.
WLobo is a surname found in the Galician, Spanish and Portuguese languages meaning "wolf", and in other languages with other meanings. Notable people with the surname include:Almiro Lobo, known as Miro, Mozambican football defender Alonso Lobo (1555–1617), Spanish composer of the late Renaissance Amberley Lobo, Australian television presenter Anthony Theodore Lobo, Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop António Lobo de Almada Negreiros (1868–1939), Portuguese journalist, colonialist writer, essayist and poet Baltasar Lobo (1910–1993), Spanish artist, anarchist and sculptor Cavin Lobo, Indian footballer Claude Lobo (1943–2011), French car designer Duarte Lobo (1565–1646), Portuguese composer of the late Renaissance Edu Lobo, Brazilian singer, guitarist, and composer Emerico Lobo de Mesquita (1746–1805), Brazilian composer, music teacher, conductor and organist Emiro Lobo (1948–2007), Venezuelan painter, graphic artist and designer Erik Lobo, known as Mr Lobo, American artist and comedic actor Eugenio Gerardo Lobo (1679–1750), Spanish soldier and poet Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (1580–1622), Portuguese poet and bucolic writer Ignatius P. Lobo (1919–2010), Indian prelate of the Catholic Church Ildo Lobo (1953–2004), Cape Verdean singer Jerónimo Lobo (1593–1678), Portuguese Jesuit missionary Julio Lobo (1898–1983), Cuban sugar trader and financier Leonard D. Lobo, former headmaster of St Columba's School, Delhi, India Luis Lobo, Argentine professional tennis player Mario Humberto Lobo, Argentine former footballer Mary Kay Lobo, American psychiatric neuroscientist Michael Lobo, Indian Catholic scientist and genealogist Michael Lobo (politician), Indian politician Nahuel Lobo, Argentine rugby union footballer Pedro Lobo, Brazilian photographer Pepe Lobo, President of Honduras Rebecca Lobo, American television basketball analyst and former professional basketball player Ricardo Lobo, Brazilian football striker Rogerio Hyndman Lobo, Macanese businessman Rogerio Lobo (boxer) (1971–2006), Brazilian professional boxer Sascha Lobo, German blogger, writer, journalist and copywriter Stephen Lobo, Canadian actor Nina Bobo, Costa Rican author Peter Lobo, chef Positano restaurant, Melbourne Australia Malaika Lobo, angel Wolf Oscar Lobo, first Deputy Mayor of Goan origin in Australia
WLópez is a surname of Spanish origin. It was originally a patronymic, meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf". The surname is first attested in Old Castile in the heart of Spain, where the name originated in Visigothic times; however, the name is not of Germanic origin. Its Portuguese and Galician equivalent is Lopes, its Italian equivalent is Lupo, its French equivalent is Loup, its Romanian equivalent is Lupu or Lupescu and its Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis.
WMachado is a surname of Portuguese and Spanish origin meaning the word "axe" or "hatchet" dating back to approximately 2nd century Europe. It is commonly found in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and Latin America, and India due to the Portuguese and Spanish colonization during the age of discovery. It can also be found in Macao, China and several former Portuguese territories in Africa. Machado meaning axe. In Aramaic Makkaba and Modern Hebrew Makebet – also spelled Machabees – it is the surname of Judas Machabee, that was later extended to all the descendants of Matityahu ben Yoḥanan HaKohen, head of the Hasmonean family, who had five sons. The Jewish Encyclopedia records five hatchets in the Coat of Arms for the Machado surname. In Italy, the surname may be associated with Jewish heritage, particularly in Genova; Jews are attested in Genova since Roman times, and the surname is one of the most frequent found in documents from Genova’s Synagogue. The Machados in India were populated after the conversion of Paravar race of Tuticorin to Catholicism by the Portuguese in the year 1532, a few years after they began trading in India.
WMaldonado is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:Abel Maldonado, American politician, 47th Lieutenant Governor of California Alana Maldonado, Brazilian Paralympic judoka Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, Spanish explorer of the 16th century Ángel Maldonado, Mexican football (soccer) goalkeeper Candy Maldonado, Puerto Rican baseball player Carlos Maldonado, Venezuelan football (soccer) player Claudio Maldonado, Argentinean composer-performer Claudio Maldonado, Chilean football (soccer) player Estuardo Maldonado, Ecuadorian sculptor and painter Fabio Maldonado, Brazilian boxer and mixed martial arts fighter Francisco Maldonado (1480–1521), leader of the rebel Comuneros in the Revolt of the Comuneros, who was captured and beheaded at the Battle of Villalar, Spain Francisco José Maldonado, Spanish football (soccer) player Francisco Maldonado da Silva, Chilean physician and religious scholar, executed in the Inquisition Giancarlo Maldonado, Venezuelan football (soccer) player Gonzalo Maldonado (disambiguation), several people Guillermo Maldonado (pastor) the co-founder of El Rey Jesus Javier Torres Maldonado, Mexican / Italian composer Jesús E. Maldonado, American geneticist Joseph Maldonado-Passage, American former zoo operator and convicted felon Juan Maldonado Juan Maldonado (humanist) (1485–1554), Spanish humanist and writer of a.o. Somnium Juan de Maldonado y Ordóñez de Villaquirán (1525–1572), Spanish conquistador in Venezuela and Colombia, founder of San Cristóbal, Venezuela Juan de Maldonado, governor of Cartagena (1554–1555) Juan (de) Maldonado (1533–1583), Spanish Jesuit Juan Villanueva Maldonado, Spanish conquistador and founder of Macas, Ecuador Juan Álvarez Maldonado, Spanish conquistador of Peru, who wrote about Paititi Juan Pacheco Maldonado, Spanish explorer of Morong, Rizal and Maynila, Philippines Juan Maldonado de Villasante, governor of Costa Rica Juan Manuel Maldonado, Mexican colonel involved in the foundation of Piedras Negras, Coahuila Juan Maldonado Waswechia Beltran (1857–1901), Mexican indigenous leader of the Yaqui resistance Felix Juan ("Felo") Maldonado (1938–2010), Puerto Rican baseball manager Juan L. Maldonado, administrator of Laredo Community College, Texas Juan Mayr Maldonado, photographer and ambassador of Colombia to Germany Juan Maldonado Jaimez, Brazilian football player Juan Carlos Maldonado, Argentinian football player Juan Gabriel Maldonado, Paraguayan football player Kirstin Maldonado, an American solo singer, also a vocalist of the American a cappella group Pentatonix María José Maldonado, Paraguayan beauty queen and singer Maria Maldonado, American beauty queen Marisol Maldonado, American fashion model, wife of musician Rob Thomas Martín Maldonado, Puerto Rican professional baseball player Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695–1768), indigenous Zapotec painter in New Spain Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast Norman Maldonado (contemporary), Puerto Rican hematologist, former president of the University of Puerto Rico Pastor Maldonado, Venezuelan racing driver Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704–1748), Ecuadorian scientist Death of Santiago Maldonado, political scandal in Argentina Tomás Maldonado (1922–2018), Argentine painter, designer, and thinker, Scientific Design movement theorist Víctor Maldonado, Venezuelan hurdler
WMartínez is a common surname in the Spanish language. Martínez is the most common surname in the Spanish regions of Navarre, La Rioja, Cuenca and Murcia. There are also variations such as San Martin and Martín.
WMontenegro is a surname of Galician origin, later spreading to other parts of Spain and Portugal.
WOsorio is a surname of Spanish and Basque origins. One meaning of the name is “hunter of wolves”. Notable people with this surname include: