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The work treats Spanish heraldry in the first two volumes, and with volume three begins the Diccionario Heráldico y Genealógico de Apellidos Españoles y Americanos ("Heraldic and Genealogical Dictionary of Spanish and American Surnames"), which is a listing of over 15,000 names with their respective genealogical histories (with color ...
Surname Adults % of adults Origin 1: Rodríguez: 225,321 — Spanish 2: Pérez: 158,059 — Spanish 3: Martínez: 141,259 — Spanish 4: García: 137,124 — Spanish ...
This produced the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos ("Alphabetical Catalogue of Surnames"), which listed permitted surnames with origins in Spanish, Filipino, and Hispanized Chinese words, names, and numbers. Thus, many Spanish-sounding Filipino surnames are not surnames common to the rest of the Spanish-speaking world.
The Catálogo alfabético de apellidos (English: Alphabetical Catalogue of Surnames; Filipino: Alpabetikong Katalogo ng mga apelyido) is a book of surnames in the Philippines and other islands of Spanish East Indies published in the mid-19th century.
A. Abadía (surname) Abalo; Abarca (surname) Abascal; Abrego (surname) Abrigo; Abril; Acevedo (surname) Aceves; Acosta; Acuña; Acurio; Adames; Adan (surname) Agron ...
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.
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally.Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population.
A law in Japan, dating from 1896, requires a married couple to have a common surname. Most commonly it was the wife who took her husband's name.