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The 50 most frequent surnames in Portugal are listed below. [53] [54] [55] A number of these surnames may be preceded by of/from (de, d') or of the/from the (do, da, dos, das) as in de Sousa, da Costa, d'Oliveira. Those elements are not part of the surname and are not considered in an alphabetical order.
Vargas – 427,854 – From Spanish and Portuguese, from various places called Vargas, meaning variously "thatched hut", "steep slope", or "fenced pastureland which becomes waterlogged in winter". [3] Castro – 419,216 – Meaning "village" especially the “hill forts” of the Galician area; Méndez – 410,239 – Son of Mendo
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Montenegro is a surname of Galician origin, later spreading to other parts of Spain and Portugal. Approximately 8010 people in Spain share this surname, making it the 598th most common surname in the country.
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Most common surname in Spain by province of residence. García is the most common surname in Spain (where 3.32% of the population is named García) [15] and also the second most common surname in Mexico. In the 1990 United States Census, Garcia was the 18th most reported surname, accounting for 0.25% of the population. [16]
In early 2008, [needs update] some new legislation is under consideration that will place the mother's last name ahead the father's last name, as it is done in Portuguese-speaking countries and only optionally in Spain, despite Argentina being a Spanish-speaking country.