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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).
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.
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.
Tomás Blanco (1896–1975), writer and historian; author of Prontuario Historico de Puerto Rico and El Prejuicio Racial en Puerto Rico (Racial Prejudice in Puerto Rico) [69] Juan Boria (1906–1995), Afro-Caribbean poet, also known as the Negro Verse Pharaoh; known for his Afro-Caribbean poetry [70] Carmen Bozello y Guzmán (1856–1885 ...
Author of award-winning "El Centauro: Persona y Pensamiento de Ortega y Gasset" (Institute of Puerto Rican Culture) Lolita Tizol, educator Taught music for a meager $50 per month to an entire generation of Puerto Rican children.
The book was created after Spanish governor-general Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa issued a decree on November 21, 1849, to address the lack of a standard naming convention. [4] Newly-Christianised Filipinos often chose the now-ubiquitous surnames of de los Santos , de la Cruz , del Rosario , and Bautista for religious reasons; others preferred ...
Ocasio is a Spanish surname found mostly in Puerto Rico.It is an archaic adjective form of the Spanish word “ocaso”, from the latin “occasus”, which refers to the last phase of the existence of something, strictly linked to its downfall or decadence.