López
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Jesus, Francisco, Pedro, Miguel, Jorge, Raul, Ramon, Mario.
Spanish (López): patronymic from the medieval personal name Lope ‘wolf’. This is one of the commonest of all Spanish surnames. In the US, it is the twelfth most frequent surname. Compare De Lopez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
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In 1849, Governor-General Clavería decreed that all Filipino families must have surnames. These surnames were distributed regionally from a list called the Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos.
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López Was Found 34,181 Times in FamilySearch Records
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| Top 5 Provinces | Number of Records |
|---|---|
| Manila | 12,079 |
| Bulacan | 5,731 |
| Rizal | 2,158 |
| Quezon | 2,130 |
| Batangas | 1,757 |
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Baybayin is an ancient Filipino script that predates Spanish colonization. This beautiful and unique script was used to write various Philippine languages.
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Mexico
89,515 people in Family Tree
Spain
67,740 people in Family Tree
Puerto Rico
17,391 people in Family Tree
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