The 100 most Common Surnames in the Dominican Republic

[Fincher]

Notice any trends?

http://yerrybatista.blogspot.com/2012/10/apellidos-mas-comunes-en-la-republica.html?m=1

How common are some of these last names in Spain?

[Sikeliot]

-ez surnames tend to be Galician, no? This is why in Portuguese you have similar surnames ending in -es. Gomes/Gomez, Lopes/Lopez etc.

Montero exists in Portugal as Monteiro, Acevedo is also a Galician surname (Azevedo is the Portuguese equivalent).

Severino is also found in Italians, and I had no idea that Pimentel and Tavares (both Portuguese surnames) were found in Spanish speaking countries.

[Fincher]

A few that stand out to me:

-Pimentel
-Taveras
-Beltre
-Pichardo
-Marte
-Gil

[Sikeliot]

A few that stand out to me:

-Pimentel
-Taveras
-Beltre
-Pichardo
-Marte
-Gil


Pichardo = Picard (French surname)
Taveras = Tavares (Portuguese surname)
Pimentel is also Portuguese.

[Fincher]

-ez surnames tend to be Galician, no? This is why in Portuguese you have similar surnames ending in -es. Gomes/Gomez, Lopes/Lopez etc.

Montero exists in Portugal as Monteiro, Acevedo is also a Galician surname (Azevedo is the Portuguese equivalent).

Severino is also found in Italians, and I had no idea that Pimentel and Tavares (both Portuguese surnames) were found in Spanish speaking countries.

Interesting. I think -ez is just mainstream Spanish though.

[curupira]

Not a single French surname, which would indicate Haitian ancestry.

[Fincher]

Not a single French surname, which would indicate Haitian ancestry.

Two common surnames of Haitian origin are Montas and Duverge, although they didn't make the list.

[Sikeliot]

Not a single French surname, which would indicate Haitian ancestry.

The only one is Pichardo, which should be Picard but it's been made to look Spanish. Not sure if that exists in Spain though.

[Sikeliot]

Two common surnames of Haitian origin are Montas and Duverge.

A strangely common surname amongst Haitians in my area is "St. Pierre".

[Fincher]

Bump.

[Damião de Góis]

-ez surnames tend to be Galician, no? This is why in Portuguese you have similar surnames ending in -es. Gomes/Gomez, Lopes/Lopez etc.


-ez surnames are the most typically castillian ones.