american catholic surnames

#532 McCORMICK Son of Cormac. #734 SNOW Descriptive surname for someone with very pale skin or light blonde hair. #715 RUSSO Descriptive surname for someone who was a red-head or had a ruddy complexion. #793 DORSEY From the village of Arcy in La Manche, France. #964 SPENCE Occupational surname for someone in charge of a pantry/goods in an estate. #640 ROY Royal, Kingly. History is another factor in determining surnames. #100 JIMENEZ Son of Jim/James. #810 NIELSEN Son of Niel. #10 MARTINEZ Son of Martin. Sylmarie Dvila-Montero #252 CARLSON Son of Carl. #406 BARBER Occupational surname for a barber. #602 WILCOX Son of William. Other banal, structural factors have stymied more varied approaches to surnaming. #601 CAREY Welsh surname meaning from the fort on the hill. #147 WELLS From the well spring or water hole. Kevin Clay. #281 FULLER Occupational surname for someone who washed cloth in the clothmaking process. #766 WINTERS Nickname surname for someone who was literally cold or unemotional. Literally means lives by the stream that leads to the port or bay. #40 FLORES Son of Floro. 5.00%, or 5 total occurrences, were "Hispanic Origin". Kevin Clay. #389 ERICKSON Son of Eric. #288 FIELDS Lived in or near the fields. #461 WU Chinese surname meaning gateway to heaven. #636 BRUCE From various place names in Normandy, France. #927 DODSON Son of Dodd. #122 GRIFFIN Mythological creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion. Surnames, also known as family names, were first used during medieval times and usually referred to a person's occupation (i.e. #135 STEVENS Son of Steven. #633 KIRBY Lives near the Church/Farm. From the old English beste meaning beast. #457 POTTER Occupational surname for someone who made pottery. #423 MOSS A contraction of the name Moses, meaning born of a god. #911 BEST Occupational surname for someone who was a cattle-herder or dealer. Such surnames include Roberts, Lewis, Phillips, Edwards, Evans, Cooper, Hughes, Rogers, Bailey, Scott, and more. #545 LANG Nickname for a person who was tall. #707 SAWYER Occupational surname for a woodsman or someone who worked with a saw. #719 WILKERSON Kin or son of William. Straight, married couples in the U.S. still almost always give kids the fathers last name. #649 CHASE Nickname given to a skilled huntsman. #341 SUTTON From the South. #863 FELIX Originally a term of endearment, meant happy one. We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Catholic. #518 CONNER An occupational surname for an inspector of weights and measures. #535 YATES Occupational or habitational surname for someone who was a gate-keeper, or lived near a prominent gate. Surnames developed in Ireland as early as the tenth century, making them among the first in Europe. #807 HULL Either a habitational surname for someone who lived on or near a hill, or from the given name Hulle, which was a nickname for Hugh. #598 YODER Swiss surname meaning son or family of Theodore. #23 THOMPSON Son of Thomas. #966 CHURCH Someone who worked in a church or lived near a church. Geographically speaking, most of Ireland is within the predominantly Catholic Irish Republic. For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Catholic was: Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals. #880 MAYER Occupational surname for a mayor of a village or town. #357 BECKER Either an occupational surname meaning baker or used for a family who lived by a stream. #830 SPEARS Occupational surname for a keeper of the Watch, which was an early form of a police officer. #13 GONZALEZ Son of Gonzalo. #66 ROGERS Family of Roger Even your best guess will do. The first thing to understand about the patrilineal surnames commonly used in the United States is that they are not universal. #230 WILLIS Family of William. Hear ye! Search for a specific ancestor in FamilySearch. (Hernndez Grande said that, as an adult, she managed to get the license corrected. #371 GRAVES Occupational surname for a steward, from from Middle English word greyve. #825 KNAPP Hilltop. Byrne 8. Non-GGG Members: Non-GGG members may search the Surname List database. Powell, Kimberly. Meaning near the water channel, strait. #578 FLOWERS Occupational surname for someone who works flowers like a gardener or with a bow & arrow. #28 RAMIREZ Son of Ramiro. #256 LAWSON Son of Lawrence #745 SOLOMON Peaceful one, from the Hebrew Shalom. #177 ROSE Lives near the roses. #15 ANDERSON Son of Andrew. #424 SWANSON Son of Swan or an occupational surname for a herdsman (swain). #726 VANG Scandinavian surname, probably habitational from a number of farmsteads and other places. #270 SIMS Family of Simon. Literally means citadel of Julian (Turro-Julio). #974 POLLARD Strong descendent of Paul. #109 HENDERSON Son of Hendrick/Hendry. Catholic, like all of the names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. #710 HUTCHINSON Son of hugh, or son of the close, beloved relative. #257 JACOBS Family of Jacobs #634 WILKINSON Son of William. #381 LARA Spanish habitational surname for someone who came from Lara de los Infantes, a small community in the province of Burgos, Spain. #836 HEBERT Illustrious soldier. #554 BURNETT Descriptive surname for someone with brown hair (brunette). #275 REID Red-headed or had a ruddy complexion. It doesnt match my passport. #51 GOMEZ Man #573 SHAH Persian surname meaning king. #828 BRAVO Brave, proven in battle. #196 GRANT Large, great. #796 STEIN Family of Stephen. Ireland,limerick image by AGITA LEIMANE from Fotolia.com, Ireland,limerick image by AGITA LEIMANE from, Copyright 2023 Leaf Group Ltd., all rights reserved. #512 OROZCO Habitational name from Orozco, Spain. #624 COMBS LIves near a small valley (cumb). #325 BATES Son of Bartholomew. #361 TERRY Power of the Theudo people. 15. #994 WHITNEY From the land surrounded by streams. That study also offers a roadmap for how American surnaming norms could change. #240 WATKINS Family of Walter/Watt Baby names are an important cultural tradition across the world, and have been for thousands of years. #60 REYES Literally translated to Kings, it refers to the phrase La Virgen de los Reyes, meaning the Virgin of the Kings. #251 FRANKLIN Free man. Different cultures have a variety of ways to choose given names, so its only fitting that the nomenclature of a surname, or last name, is just as complex. Learn more about the mythic conflict between the Argives and the Trojans. #580 HOOVER From the German Huber, meaning plot of land or farm. #718 KEITH Nickname for an offspring or young person. #287 MARQUEZ Son of Marco. #44 BAKER Occupational surname for family of a baker. #283 WEBER German occupational surname for a weaver. #294 DAY From the family of David. #233 SANDOVAL From Sandoval, Spain. ETHNONYMS: Afro-French, Black Creoles, Black French, Creoles, Cr oles, Cr oles Noirs, Creoles of Color. Some new demographics of American families, however, approach their names differently. #904 COSTA Someone from the coast or a bank of a river. The Japanese Tamio became Tommy for everyday usage. The mother almost always loses, Anthony told me. "Top 100 Most Common Last Names in the United States." #238 ESTRADA Literally means street or way #705 HUMPHREY From the name elements hun meaning bear cub and fried meaning peace. Interpreted as peaceful warrior. #727 WALTER Family of Walter. #976 HESTER Either lives by the beech tree, or an occupational surname for a herald/town crier. Popular Indian Christian Surnames Or Last Names 1. #961 OCONNELL Descendant of Conaill. #641 VINCENT Conqueror. #57 CRUZ Of the Cross relating to Jesus Christ #523 MUELLER German occupational surname for a miller or one who works in a mill. #816 ESPARZA Occupational surname for a professional swordsman/soldier. It was a respectable movement involving the most responsible and accomplished people of France. #404 CHANDLER Occupational surname for a candle-maker. #846 PENNINGTON From the town with a livestock enclosure. Catholic schools are proud part of the fabric of American education and civil society. #978 LU Chinese surname of unknown meaning. And it also depends on which year you take a look at! The last name Helguson, for instance, means son of Helga, referring to a mothers first name; many other Icelanders have surnames that reflect the first name of their father. #521 McGUIRE From the Irish surname Mag Uidhir meaning son of Odhar which literally means pale-complected. #244 VALDEZ Son of Valdo/Waldo. Instead of primer apellido (first surname) and segundo apellido (second surname), legally, the following expressions are used: apellido paterno (paternal surname) and apellido materno (maternal surname). 1408 Sqft. #98 ROSS Scottish surname indicating someone who lived on or near a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water. #520 ESCOBAR Habitational surname for someone who lived in or near a place overgrown with broom (a shrub with long, thin green stems). #449 ADKINS Family or son of Adam. #866 BOYLE From the Gaelic surname OBaoighill, meaning family of the rash or angry person. #422 QUINN An Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname O Cuinn, meaning counsel. #509 TYLER Occupational surname for a tailor. 0.00%, or 0 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native". #491 WATERS From the place near the water, or family of Walter. #913 LUGO Habitational surname for families from the town of Lugo in Galicia, Spain. #307 NEWMAN Stranger, newcomer. #685 WIGGINS Son of the high noble or warrior. Mac or O' anything, usually Catholic, but may be Scottish and therefore Protestant. #594 MORROW From the row of cottages on the moor. #459 MONTOYA From the hills and valleys. #67 GUTIERREZ Son of Gutierre. #784 MARIN Family of Marino or lives near the sea. #611 LAM Chinese surname meaning Forest. #336 POWERS A person or family who came from the town of Poix in France. #629 RICHARD Brave ruler. Literally means prominent. In many Spanish-speaking placesincluding Spain, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and Mexicochildren traditionally receive the last names of both parents, creating a double-barrel surname. #31 WALKER Occupational surname for a person who walked on damp cloth in order to thicken it. This late Latin surname is derived from the Latin word candidus, meaning "white". #763 BARAJAS Habitational surname for a family from any number of villages of that name. Sephardim fanned out fro Iberia to all parts of the known world: Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, the New World, Central and . #149 HENRY Ruler of the Home. #503 BUCHANAN Locational surname from the area of Buchanan in Stirlingshire, UK. #571 PETERSEN Son of Peter. #399 HARDY Bold, Courageous. #248 SANTIAGO Of the Saint Tiago/Diego. #654 DALTON From the town near the valley, dale. #36 SCOTT From Scotland. And the rate at which parents are choosing not to marry has risen dramatically over the past 50 years. National Library of Ireland: Parish Registers, galway: Conealy (also commonly spelled Conneely and Connolly). #106 BELL Occupational surname for a bell-ringer/news announcer. This sounds much less white than Smith or White, but it's still quite popular. #345 SCHWARTZ Person of dark or swarthy complexion. #508 BALL Descriptive surname for a bald man. #665 ACEVEDO Spanish surname meaning someone who lives near or in a grove of holly trees or hollywood. O'Carroll 23. #429 SERRANO Lives near a mountain ridge or collection of hills. #969 LEAL Loyal one. #681 HANCOCK Son of John. #777 PRUITT From the Old French proux meaning valiant or brave one. #487 CLARKE Occupational surname for a clerk. #438 HARMON Form of the name Herman, meaning army man. #41 GREEN Occupational surname for a groundskeeper or family that lived near an open green. #310 CORTZ Person with manners. Your last name can give you clues into who you are and where you came from. #975 ALFARO Spanish habitational surname for someone from Alfaro, Spain in the Logroo province. Check ourencyclopedia for a gloss on thousands of topics from biographies to the table of elements. #401 AGUIRRE From a prominent place. Learn about one of the world's oldest and most popular religions. #721 BEARD Descriptive surname for a man with a very distinct beard. #388 SOLIS From the village or town of Soler.