Written in LIFESTYLE on 12/13/2023 · 10:17 am
Every day we say our name and that of many people without suspecting that behind it there is a family history that goes back hundreds of years. That’s why we present to you the 10 oldest surnames in Spain of which there is a record or any information.
The genealogist Prudencio Bustos Argañaraz places the custom of surnames between the 9th and 10th centuries after Christ (AD), although he specifies that the first were the patronymics created between the 10th and the 11th.
And many family nomenclatures, among which are the most common in Spanish speaking, originated from the father’s name, such as Rodríguez who was born from Rodrigo or Martínez from Martín.
What are the ten oldest surnames in Spain?
So the 10 oldest surnames of which there is a record or some information are the following:
1. Fernández
This family name arises from the name Fernando and its oldest data is attributed to the knight Hernán Fernández, who lived in the times of Don Rodrigo, the last Visigoth king that existed. between the years 688 and 711.
2. Rodríguez
The oldest data is found in the name of the Visigoth king Rodrigo, who He reigned at the beginning of the 8th century ADwhich does not mean that Rodríguez began to be used exactly around those years.
3. Castro
The Castros originate from Lain Lainez, son of Laín Calvo who lived between the 9th and 10th centuries AD; That family was one of the two largest in Castilla (along with that of Lara), reports Luis de Salazar (author of the text Origin of 300 Castilian and Basque surnames).
4. Haro
This house was born with Don Juan Zuria, lord of Vizcaya, who existed between the 9th and 10th centuries and after several generations it merged with that of Lara.
5. García
The origin of the surname García, the most common in Spain, dates back to the king of Navarra García Sánchez I of Pamploma, whose reign is located towards the year 925or in King García I of León, who He ruled between 910 and 914.
6. Lara
Lara is one of the family names for which there is a more precise record, since the first to wear it was Don Pedro de Lara, who lived between the years 1037 and 1065 (during the reign of Ferdinand I of Castile).
7. González
The origin of the surname is the name Gonzalo, which in its Germanic version Gundisalvus It was common among the Visigoths; Gonzalo Sánchez, son of King III of Pamplona, He is one of the first to bear that name in the 11th century..
8. Pérez
This surname has biblical origins, since Jesus named it Petros (stone) to his apostle Peter; from there it went to Latin Petrus (son of Pedro) and later to Pérez.
The oldest Pérez is found in documents from the 12th century and it is the sixth most common in Mexico with 332,048 records, according to Inegi.
9. Martínez
This family name has its oldest record in King Martin I of Aragon, who was born in the year 1356.
10. López
From Latin Lupus The name Lopez may have arisen during the Roman occupation and later became Lopez.
The Spanish genealogy scholar Sonia Meza points out that the origin of these surnames is not always precise. On the other hand, not everyone has a direct line with those who currently wear them. _Con Myheritage information.
2023-12-14 02:57:15
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