Spanish-Language Surnames - Cortez, Horta, Toledo, Franco, Cervantes, Spanish Naming Customs, Garcia, Diaz, Gonzalez, Gordon, Lopez, Ortega, Marti (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 76. Chapters: Cortez, Horta, Toledo, Franco, Cervantes, Spanish naming customs, Garcia, Diaz, Gonzalez, Gordon, Lopez, Ortega, Martinez, Jimenez, Hernandez, Mendez/Mendes, Hispanic American naming customs, Perez, Ortiz, Sanchez, Salazar, Fernandez, Cruz, Rivera, Pinto, Torres, Mendoza, Falcon, Vasquez, Moreno, Villalobos, Toledano, Garza, Villanueva, Romero, Navarro, Acosta, Reyes, Calderon, Herrera, Gutierrez, Ramirez, Mariano, Delgado, Pascual, Bettencourt, Guerrero, Zapata, Aguilar, Cardenas, Flores, Alonso, Avila, Ponce, Bello, Madrazo, Ibanez, Mucciolo, Miranda, Carrera, Amparo, Bustamante, Vidal, Menendez, Quintana, Marciano, Nabarro, Sepulveda, Anon, Cortes, Sosa, Estrada, Alcantara, Posada, Crespi, Cartagena, Rosa, Rios, Leon/Leon, Ordonez, Aranda, Nunez, Silvestre, Mendizabal, Penate, Lima, Alburquerque, Mejia, Milian, Picallo, Borrero, Asin, Bueno, Abarca, Saucedo, Arteaga, Punto, Santa Cruz, Carreras, Spanish-Moors surname, Badillo, Polaco, Quintanilla, Sastre, Fruto, Espejo, Zaldivar, Morillo, Guadian, Loya, Abalo, Pestano, De La Rosa, Saldivar, Saldana, Borla, Carpintero, Ricardez, Siqueiros, Forlan, Bracamontes, Topete. Excerpt: Spanish naming customs denotes the personal appellation practiced in Spain, consisting of a given name (simple or composite) followed by two family names (surnames). The first surname was traditionally the father's first surname, and the second the mother's first surname. In Spain this order may now be reversed, under gender equality law. In most situations, the practice is to use one given name and the first surname only, the full name being used in legal, formal, and documentary matters. For differences in Hispanic American usages, see Hispanic American naming customs. Currently in Spain, people bear a single or composite given name (nombre) and two surnames...