If One of These Is Your Spanish Surname, Here's Where Your Ancestor Started

What does your last name mean, and which region of Spain does it come from? This video decodes fifteen Spanish surnames, apellidos like Ordóñez, Ibáñez, Núñez, and Peláez, revealing both the father each name points to and the exact corner of Spain your family's line began in. Number 15: Rui... Number 14: Már... Number 13: Vél... Number 12: Ant... Number 11: Ibá... Number 10: Yáñ... Number 9: Núñ... Number 8: Sáe... Number 7: Muñ... Number 6: Gar... Number 5: Íñi... Number 4: Ber... Number 3: Ord... Number 2: Blá... Number 1: ??? Want your own surname decoded in a full documented report? Visit https://namedbyhistory.com Sources and Further Research: Faure, R., Ribes, M. A., García, A.: Diccionario de apellidos españoles (Espasa) Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), apellidos frequency statistics, ine.es FamilySearch digitized Catholic parish record collections for Spain and Latin America Archivo General de Indias, emigration and passenger record types for the Americas United States Census Bureau surname frequency data Euskaltzaindia (Royal Academy of the Basque Language), surname database, for Basque-linked forms #surnames #ancestry #spanishsurnames