López Explained

Lopez
Meaning:"son of Lope" (wolf)
Region:Spain
Language origin:Spanish
Pronunciation:
pronounced as /es/ (seseante)
pronounced as /es/ (Castilian)
Variant:Lopes (Portuguese), Lupo (Italian), Loup (French), Lupu (Romanian) López (Mexico)
Footnotes:Frequency comparisons:[1]

López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin.[2] It was originally a patronymic, meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf". Its Portuguese and Galician equivalent is Lopes, its Italian equivalent is Lupo, its French equivalent is Loup (or Leu), its Romanian equivalent is Lupu or Lupescu and its Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis.

López is the fifth most common Hispanic surname globally and in Spain and the USA. It is the most common surname in the province of Lugo. It is the most common Spanish surname in the United Kingdom.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 34.8% of all known bearers of the surname López were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:40), 10.0% of Spain (1:52), 8.2% of Guatemala (1:22), 7.3% of the United States (1:547), 7.1% of Colombia (1:75), 5.0% of Argentina (1:96), 3.8% of Venezuela (1:88), 2.7% of Honduras (1:36), 2.7% of Peru (1:131), 2.6% of the Philippines (1:438), 2.5% of Nicaragua (1:27), 2.1% of Cuba (1:62), 1.8% of Ecuador (1:99), 1.6% of El Salvador (1:44), 1.4% of Paraguay (1:56), 1.3% of Chile (1:148) and 1.1% of Bolivia (1:104).

In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:52) in the following regions:

In Guatemala, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:22) in the following departments:

In Mexico, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:40) in the following states:[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: López Surname Meaning and Distribution . forebears.co.uk.
  2. Book: Pedro Morote Pérez. Antiguedad, y blasones de la ciudad de Lorca, y Historia de Santa Maria la Real de las Huertas .... 1741. por Francisco Joseph Lopez Mesnier, en la calle de Zambrana. 214–.
  3. http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/lopez#surnames Lopez surname distribution

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