#730 MOSLEY Habitational surname for a family that came from any number of towns named Mosley in the U.K. I am a retired Registered Investment Advisor with 12 years experience as head of an investment management firm. #225 JOHNSTON From Johns town. #840 RANDOLPH Shield Wolf. #539 VILLANUEVA From the new town. #198 KELLEY Irish surname meaning bright headed or red-headed. #419 PACHECO Noble one, or person from France. #60 REYES Literally translated to Kings, it refers to the phrase La Virgen de los Reyes, meaning the Virgin of the Kings. #423 MOSS A contraction of the name Moses, meaning born of a god. #152 WEBB Occupational surname from the name webber, meaning weaver. ThoughtCo. #81 WATSON Son of Walter. How to name ones family should be a choice for each couple. #165 SNYDER Occupational surname for a clothing tailor. This is as much a reflection of the conversations that couples haveor dontas it is a product of desk-clerk-level policies. #763 BARAJAS Habitational surname for a family from any number of villages of that name. #67 GUTIERREZ Son of Gutierre. #271 ESPINOZA From the thorny area. #248 SANTIAGO Of the Saint Tiago/Diego. #904 COSTA Someone from the coast or a bank of a river. #106 BELL Occupational surname for a bell-ringer/news announcer. According to the data, Catholic is ranked #160,975 in terms of the most common surnames in America. Here's a list of the 26 counties in the Irish Republic along with the surname most often appearing in the historic 1890 survey of Irish Catholic parish registers for each county: Although most of the popular names in the list are recognizably "Irish sounding," many other popular names in the 1890 registry, which draws exclusively from Catholic parish birth records, have origins that are Scottish, Welsh, English, Norse, Norman and Flemish. #358 HOLT Lives by or near the woodlands. Despite a history of troubled relations between the two countries going back centuries, persons do intermarry and so, in those areas of the Irish Republic closest to Northern Ireland, it's harder to tell from the last name whether the family is Catholic or Protestant. #698 KOCH German occupational surname for a cook or kitchen manager. #377 McKINNEY Form of the Gaelic Mac Cionaodha meaning son of Cionaodha (pagan god of fire). #179 SALAZAR From Salazar, Spain. #172 PALMER Pilgrim. #866 BOYLE From the Gaelic surname OBaoighill, meaning family of the rash or angry person. Unknown meaning. #397 SIMON One who harkens. If you are curious about your own name, visit Family Name Search to discover the meanings and origins of last names. Pray 12-minutes a day to help God save America. #321 STANLEY Lives near the stone clearing. #46 RIVERA From the shore or bank of a river. #428 RODGERS Family of Roger. #90 HUGHES Family of Hugh. #300 MEJIA Unknown meaning, might be a religious surname referring to the Messiah. #56 PARKER Occupational surname for someone worked as a park keeper or game keeper. #286 LUCAS From Lucania, Italy. The original locative name of Henry of the Marsh might be shortened over the years to Henry Marsh. Cases of women passing their name to their children nearly evaporated by the turn of the 19th century. #147 WELLS From the well spring or water hole. Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). #109 HENDERSON Son of Hendrick/Hendry. #569 NASH From the place near the ash tree. #395 BALDWIN Brave friend. #463 MULLINS French occupational surname for someone who worked in a mill. #227 PEA Lives near the rock or cliff. #348 WATTS Family of Walter. #232 LAWRENCE Family of Lawrence or from an area named Laurence. #514 COBB Nickname meaning lump or a short form of the name Jacob. Many signified a profession (such as Potter) or place of residence (such as Hilton, short for hill town). #305 HOLLAND From the Netherlands/Holland. #385 LOVE From the French louve meaning a female wolf. #773 MEADOWS Lives in or near the meadow. #297 SCHULTZ Occupational surname for a judge or mayor. #284 WELCH From the same root as Welsh, meaning foreigner. O'Brien 7. #241 GREENE Lives in or near a green area. #126 COLE From the word coal indicating a coal miner or possibly someone with darker skin. (S), or less than 100 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races". Literally means land of forest. Literally translates to the willow woods. For example, in the United States, Smith was the most popular surname in 1990 and retained that spot ten years later. #502 OSBORNE Viking name, literally meaning Bear God #523 MUELLER German occupational surname for a miller or one who works in a mill. Probably used as a nickname for a magician or jokester. #742 DYER Occupational surname for someone who dyed either cloth or hair or hide. Three decades later, it was about 20 percent. #614 CAMERON Nickname surname meaning bent nose. #935 MOYER From the ancient Gaelic surname Mac an Mhaoir meaning steward, assistant, right-hand man. #203 VAZQUEZ Son of Vasco. #281 FULLER Occupational surname for someone who washed cloth in the clothmaking process. #30 ROBINSON Son of Robin, a nickname for Robert. #154 GUZMAN Lived in or near the town of Guzmn, Spain. In my case, my dad's surnames are "Dvila Estrada" and my mom's surnames are "Montero Caro" so mine are "Dvila Montero". #945 JARAMILLO Spanish Habitatonal surname for someone from the south of Castilla, Spain, literally referring to a jaramago tree. If you know your Italian ancestors' traditional naming patterns, you can use the names of bambini to guess the parents' and grandparents' identities: the first son was named after the father's father. In fact, data from a Census Bureau study reveals that the number of Hispanic surnames in the top 25 doubled between 1990 and 2000. #269 DEAN From the valley. From Scottish settlers to Portuguese migrants, America is full of diversity including in terms of names. Burke 30. #242 NUEZ Son of Nuo Though few studies on the topic have been conducted, evidence suggests that in almost every American family with a mom and a dad, children receive their fathers last name. Black Creole culture in southern Louisiana derives from contact and synthesis in the region over nearly three centuries between African slaves, French and Spanish colonists, gens libres de couleur (free people of color), Cajuns . For example, the actor Salma Hayek was born Salma Hayek Jimnez; her parents are named Sami Hayek Domnguez and Diana Jimnez Medina. Surname Origin Italian Last Names Italian Last Names Abate Abato Abbruzzese Abela Abella Abramo Abruzzese Abruzzo Accardi Accardo Accetta Accomando Accordino Aceto Achille Acierno Acquaviva Acquisto Acri Adami Adamo Addonizio Adduci O'Reilly 12. #324 BARNETT From the place near the clearing (burned place). Because, until the 20th Century a 300-mile journey was taxing and time-consuming, the farther south one goes, the more likely it is the inhabitants are Catholic, or at least Catholic in origin. #906 BLEVINS Welsh surname from the word Blaid meaning wolf. #604 POOLE Lives near a small lake or stream. Instead of primer apellido (first surname) and segundo apellido (second surname), legally, the following expressions are used: apellido paterno (paternal surname) and apellido materno (maternal surname). I think you can say with a very high degree of confidence that unmarried parents are less likely to pass down the fathers last name, Emily Shafer, a sociologist at Portland State University, told me. Powell, Kimberly. #139 MARSHALL Occupational surname for someone who is a lawman or takes care of horses. #592 HOUSTON From Hughs town. #537 MARSH Family who lived near the marshland. #948 BRANDT Family of Brando, literally meaning hot-tempered. #923 QUINTANA Country house. Anthony has researched court cases in which couples battle over who has the right to pass down the surname to their kids. In many Spanish-speaking placesincluding Spain, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and Mexicochildren traditionally receive the last names of both parents, creating a double-barrel surname. Or a form of the Irish/Celtic name Conchobhair, meaning Descendant of the Hound/Desire possibly meaning wolf lover. Most probably had nothing to do with the actual moon. #522 LLOYD From the Welsh Llwyd, meaning grey. #618 ANTHONY Unknown meaning. ), This problem was apparently widespread enough that, in 2019, New York State passed a law to allow residents to choose two last names separated by a space. #882 SHEPARD Occupational surname for a shepherd. #996 ODOM Son-in-law of a prominent person. the first daughter, after the father's mother. #498 PARSONS Occupational surname for a parson or priest. #45 HALL Occupational or place surname for a person who lived or worked in a hall. In China, the share of women who pass down their family name is on the rise. Ohanisian - This name is patronymic for the Armenian . As such, you will find many Icelandic surnames ending in -son or -dttir, translating respectively to son of or daughter of, connecting to the genitive form of the father or mothers name preceding it. #685 WIGGINS Son of the high noble or warrior. Carbo is an occupational last name referring "to someone who sells, extracts coal, or lived by a coal outcrop". #398 VELASQUEZ Son of Velasco. #636 BRUCE From various place names in Normandy, France. #76 RAMOS Family from the wooded area. #815 LEBLANC French surname for someone who was pale or had very blond hair. #266 HARVEY Worthy of Battle. #111 GONZALES Son/Family of Gonzalo. #268 GILBERT Bright Pledge. #322 HOPKINS From the family of Hob (nickname for Robert). #536 HOGAN From the Irish O Hogain meaning descendent of gn. 5.00%, or 5 total occurrences, were "Hispanic Origin". #176 BOYD Scottish surname, from the Celtic term boidhe meaning fair or yellow. #894 HERRING Occupational surname for a fisher or seller of herring (fish). #983 McCANN From the Gaelic surname MacCana, meaning descendant of the wolf cub. #310 CORTZ Person with manners. #819 McINTOSH Son of the chief, leader. Literally means yew tree. #521 McGUIRE From the Irish surname Mag Uidhir meaning son of Odhar which literally means pale-complected. #196 GRANT Large, great. #421 CALDERON Spanish occupational surname for one who makes or sells cooking vessels (i.e. #956 ESTES From the East. Surnames could also come from places a hint that a name comes from a place might be the endings -field, -ford, -brook, or -wood, for example. Edouard #452 ROMAN Person from Rome, Italy. #107 COLEMAN Son of Colum. To search, press CTRL-F on a PC, or -F on a Mac, then enter your last name. #338 LEONARD With the strength of a lion. #759 SALGADO Galician and Portuguese nickname surname for someone who was witty or wry, from the word salgado meaning salty.