Piña (surname) explained

Piña
Meaning:	"Pineapple"
Region:	México, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Chile, Cuba and Perú^[1]
Language:	Spanish
Variant:	Peña

Piña is a Spanish language surname, literally meaning "pineapple". While the exact origin of the surname is unknown, it may have originated around the mountainous regions of León or in Galicia.^{[1] [2]}

Notable people with the surname include:

• Aarón Piña Mora (1914–2009), Mexican painter and muralist
• Antonio Velasco Piña (1935–2020), Mexican novelist
• Blanca Estela Piña Gudiño (born 1955), Mexican teacher and politician
• Blanca Ibáñez Piña (born 1947), Venezuelan politician
• Celso Piña (1953–2019), Mexican singer and composer
• César Gelabert Piña (born 2000), Spanish footballer
• Cristina Piña (born 1949), Argentine poet and scholar
• Dulce Piña (born 1966), Dominican judoka
• Francisco Piña (born 1998), Chilean footballer
• Gilberto García Piña (born 1969), Dominican judoka
• Gonzalo Piña Ludueña (1545–1600), Spanish conquistador
• Horacio Piña (born 1945), Mexican baseball player
• Inocencio Ibarra Piña (born 1967), Mexican politician
• Íñigo Piña (born 1994), Spanish footballer
• Joaquín Piña Batllevell (1930–2013), Spanish-Argentine Catholic bishop
• Jonathan Piña (born 1989), Mexican footballer
• José Piña (born 1996), Venezuelan footballer
• José Luis Espinosa Piña (born 1968), Mexican politician
• Karol Itzitery Piña Cisneros (born 1999), Mexican actress and singer
• Laura Fernández Piña (born 1971), Mexican marketer and politician
• Laura Piña Olmedo (born 1959), Mexican politician
• Manny Piña (born 1987), Mexican baseball player
• Manolita Piña (1883–1994), Spanish-Uruguayan painter
• Mariano Piña Olaya (born 1933), Mexican politician
• Melesio Piña (born 1948), Mexican sprinter
• Norma Lucía Piña Hernández (born 1960), Mexican lawyer and educator
• Porfirio Piña (born 1965), Dominican entrepreneur and director
• Queco Piña (born 1980), Spanish footballer
• Sulennis Piña Vega (born 1981), Cuban chess player
• Tinabeth Piña, American journalist
• Verónica Juárez Piña (born 1971), Mexican politician

Notes and References

1. Web site: Escudo del apellido Piña. Plusesmas. es. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214183212/https://www.plusesmas.com/genealogia/escudos/pina/37826/. 14 February 2024. live.
2. Web site: Piña. Heráldica Valenciana. es-ES. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20220809194534/https://heraldica.levante-emv.com/pina/. 9 August 2022. live.