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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).
Eight of the top 11 surnames end with "ez", the distinctive suffix of Castilian family names. The suffix "ez" means "son of"; thus, González means "son of Gonzalo", Benítez is "son of Benito" and Martínez means "son of Martín".
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.
Masculine given names deriving from Latin. Pages in category "Latin masculine given names" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total.
Spanish masculine given names (2 C, 342 P) Pages in category "South American given names" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Sometimes the artistic name consists of the home town appended to the first name (Manolo Sanlúcar, Ramón de Algeciras); but many, perhaps most, such names are more eccentric: Pepe de la Matrona (because his mother was a midwife); Perico del Lunar (because he had a mole); Tomatito (son of a father known as Tomate (tomato) because of his red ...
Pages in category "Spanish masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 342 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Popular baby names by decade and states—US Social Security Administration; Most common male, female first and last names—U.S. Census 1990; Top 200 most common US surnames; Top 1000 names, surnames occurring 100 or more times—US Census 2000; CMU AI Repository Names Corpus