Last Name LOPEZ

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Son of Lope. The name is derived from Latin Lupus, meaning wolf.
Origin Spanish, Jewish, Filipino, Chilean, Falkland, Maltese, Creole, Portuguese, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 21 (2000 US census) 32 (1990 US census)
Count 621,536 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 5.85%, or 36360 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.61%, or 3791 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.04%, or 6464 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.47%, or 2921 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.52%, or 3232 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 91.51%, or 568768 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Russian middle names

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Scottish surnames

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In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
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