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The surname, written in Spanish orthography as Pérez, is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Pero or Pedro (Peter)". At the same time, the name Pedro derives from the latin name Petrus, [ 1] meaning "rock or stone".
Some very common Swedish names were so similar that only a minor change of spelling was necessary, such as Andersson and Jonsson, which is why these names are much more common in the U.S. than in the United Kingdom. British surnames such as Williams, Jackson, Robinson, Harris, Davis, Brown and Jones are also common among people of non-British ...
Perez or Pérez is a male given name which may refer to: Perez (son of Judah), son of Judah and Tamar from the Old Testament of the Bible. Perez Ahabwe (born 1961), Ugandan economist and politician. Perez ben Elijah (died 1295), French tosafist. Perez Benjamin (1791–1850), farmer and politician in Nova Scotia (in present-day Canada)
In older documents such surnames were written with the word syn 'son', for example, Ivánov syn 'John's son' or Il'yín syn 'Elijah's son'; the last word was later dropped. Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh surnames Richardson or Richards .
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic , Lithuanian and Latvian surnames ), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
Martínez (often spelled without the acute accent on the "I") 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 (with an accent on the "i"). It originated as a patronymic surname, meaning "son ...
Mendoza – 613,683 – From Basque meaning "Mountain" Aguilar – 611,904 – Meaning eagles nest, from Latin aquilare 'haunt of eagles' [3] Ortíz – 576,989 – From Basque or Latin, Son of Orti; Álvarez – 557,332; Castillo – 553,799 – Meaning "Castle" Romero – 540,922 – Can be either Spanish or Italian, and have multiple meanings.
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