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Peruvian Last Names

These Peruvian last names mix Spanish surnames with Quechua and Aymara names from the Andes, plus Chinese, Japanese and Italian family names, listed A to Z with their meanings. Names like Quispe, Huamán and Mamani show Peru's Indigenous roots clearly.

176 real surnames with meanings, A to Z.

A

  • Acosta

    Coast or hillside

    Spanish

  • Del Águila

    Of the eagle; common in Amazonian Peru

    Spanish

  • Aguilar

    Place of eagles

    Spanish

  • Alarcón

    From Alarcón, a town in Cuenca

    Spanish

  • Álvarez

    Son of Álvaro; Germanic for elf warrior

    Spanish

  • Apaza

    Aymara surname of Puno; meaning uncertain

    Aymara

  • Arakaki

    Okinawan; new fence or wall

    Japanese

  • Arce

    Maple tree; from a place name

    Spanish

  • Arévalo

    From Arévalo, a town in Ávila

    Spanish

  • Ayala

    Basque for slope or pasture

    Spanish

B

  • Barrios

    Neighborhoods; from a place name

    Spanish

  • Benavides

    From Benavides, a town in León

    Spanish

  • Bravo

    Brave or fierce

    Spanish

  • Bustamante

    From a Cantabrian place name

    Spanish

C

  • Cabrera

    Place of goats

    Spanish

  • Cáceres

    From the city of Cáceres

    Spanish

  • Cahuana

    Possibly from Quechua qhawana, lookout place

    Quechua

  • Campos

    Fields; one who lived in open country

    Spanish

  • Carbajal

    Oak grove

    Spanish

  • Cárdenas

    Purplish; from a place name in La Rioja

    Spanish

  • Carrasco

    Holm oak; from a place with oaks

    Spanish

  • Castillo

    Castle; one who lived near a castle

    Spanish

  • Castro

    Hillfort; from Latin castrum

    Spanish

  • Ccahuana

    Variant of Cahuana; possibly Quechua for lookout

    Quechua

  • Ccallo

    Quechua surname of Cusco; meaning uncertain

    Quechua

  • Ccama

    Quechua surname of Cusco; meaning uncertain

    Quechua

  • Ccori

    From Quechua quri, gold

    Quechua

  • Chalco

    Quechua surname of the southern Andes; meaning uncertain

    Quechua

  • Chambi

    Aymara surname; borne by photographer Martín Chambi

    Aymara

  • Chan

    Cantonese for Chen, to display; an ancient state

    Chinese

  • Chang

    Wade-Giles spelling of Zhang; archer or bow-maker

    Chinese

  • Chávez

    Keys; possibly from the Portuguese town of Chaves

    Spanish

  • Chiang

    Wade-Giles spelling of Jiang, river

    Chinese

  • Chinen

    Okinawan place-name surname; meaning uncertain

    Japanese

  • Chipana

    Aymara surname; possibly from a word for bracelet

    Aymara

  • Chirinos

    Possibly from a Spanish place name

    Spanish

  • Chiu

    Cantonese for Zhao, an ancient state

    Chinese

  • Chong

    Cantonese form of Zhang or Zhuang

    Chinese

  • Choque

    Possibly from Aymara chuqi, gold or precious metal

    Aymara

  • Choy

    Cantonese for Cai, an ancient state

    Chinese

  • Chu

    Cantonese for Zhu, vermilion

    Chinese

  • Chung

    Cantonese for Zhong, bell or middle

    Chinese

  • Chura

    Possibly from Aymara chura, to give

    Aymara

  • Coaquira

    Aymara surname of Puno; meaning uncertain

    Aymara

  • Colque

    From Aymara qullqi, silver

    Aymara

  • Condori

    From Quechua and Aymara kuntur, condor

    Aymara

  • Contreras

    Surrounding district; from a place name

    Spanish

  • Córdova

    From the Spanish city of Córdoba

    Spanish

  • Cornejo

    Dogwood tree; from a place name

    Spanish

  • Cruz

    Cross; a devotional name

    Spanish

  • Cusi

    From Quechua kusi, joy or happiness

    Quechua

  • Cutipa

    Possibly from Aymara kuti, return

    Aymara

D

  • Delgado

    Thin or slender

    Spanish

  • Díaz

    Son of Diego

    Spanish

E

  • Espinoza

    Thorny place; from espino, hawthorn

    Spanish

F

  • Fernández

    Son of Fernando; bold journey

    Spanish

  • Flores

    Flowers; possibly son of Froila

    Spanish

  • Fuentes

    Springs or fountains

    Spanish

  • Fujimori

    Wisteria forest in Japanese

    Japanese

G

  • Gamarra

    Basque place name in Álava

    Spanish

  • García

    Possibly from Basque for young or bear

    Spanish

  • Gómez

    Son of Gome; Germanic for man

    Spanish

  • Gonzales

    Peruvian spelling of González; son of Gonzalo

    Spanish

  • Guerrero

    Warrior or soldier

    Spanish

  • Gutiérrez

    Son of Gutierre; Germanic for army ruler

    Spanish

  • Guzmán

    Good man; from Germanic

    Spanish

H

  • Hernández

    Son of Hernando; Germanic for bold journey

    Spanish

  • Herrera

    Forge or ironworks; place of iron

    Spanish

  • Higa

    Okinawan place-name surname; meaning uncertain

    Japanese

  • Huallpa

    Possibly from Quechua wallpa, fowl

    Quechua

  • Huamán

    From Quechua waman, falcon or hawk

    Quechua

  • Huamaní

    Quechua; from waman, falcon, or wamani, mountain spirit

    Quechua

  • Huanca

    From Quechua wanka, sacred stone; also a people

    Quechua

  • Huaraca

    From Quechua waraka, sling

    Quechua

  • Huarcaya

    Quechua surname of Ayacucho; meaning uncertain

    Quechua

  • Huayta

    From Quechua wayta, wild flower

    Quechua

  • Huertas

    Orchards or vegetable gardens

    Spanish

  • Huillca

    Variant of Vilca; Quechua for sacred

    Quechua

I

  • Inca

    From Quechua inka, ruler or lord

    Quechua

J

  • Jiménez

    Son of Jimeno; possibly a form of Simeon

    Spanish

K

  • Kanashiro

    Okinawan; golden castle

    Japanese

L

  • Lau

    Cantonese form of Liu; battle-axe

    Chinese

  • León

    Lion; or from the city of León

    Spanish

  • Limachi

    Aymara surname; meaning uncertain

    Aymara

  • Llanque

    Aymara surname; meaning uncertain

    Aymara

  • Llerena

    From Llerena, a town in Badajoz

    Spanish

  • Loayza

    Basque place-name surname

    Spanish

  • López

    Son of Lope; wolf

    Spanish

  • Lozano

    Proud, lively or handsome

    Spanish

  • Luna

    Moon; from a place name

    Spanish

M

  • Machaca

    Possibly from Aymara machaqa, new

    Aymara

  • Mamani

    From Aymara mamani, falcon

    Aymara

  • Martínez

    Son of Martín; dedicated to Mars

    Spanish

  • Mayta

    Quechua or Aymara surname; meaning uncertain

    Quechua

  • Medina

    From Arabic madina, town

    Spanish

  • Mendoza

    Basque for cold mountain

    Spanish

  • Meza

    Plateau or table

    Spanish

  • Miranda

    Place with a view

    Spanish

  • Miyashiro

    Okinawan; shrine castle

    Japanese

  • Montoya

    From a Basque place name in Álava

    Spanish

  • Morales

    Mulberry trees; from a place with mulberries

    Spanish

  • Muñoz

    Son of Muño; old Iberian given name

    Spanish

N

  • Nakamura

    Middle village in Japanese

    Japanese

  • Navarro

    From the kingdom of Navarre

    Spanish

  • Nina

    From Quechua and Aymara nina, fire

    Quechua

  • Núñez

    Son of Nuño

    Spanish

O

  • Olivera

    Olive tree; one who lived by olives

    Spanish

  • Ortiz

    Son of Orti or Fortún; fortunate

    Spanish

  • Oshiro

    Okinawan; great castle

    Japanese

P

  • Palacios

    Palaces; one who lived near a manor house

    Spanish

  • Palomino

    Little dove; an affectionate nickname

    Spanish

  • Panduro

    Possibly from pan duro, hard bread; a nickname

    Spanish

  • Paredes

    Walls; from a place with old walls

    Spanish

  • Pari

    Quechua surname; meaning uncertain

    Quechua

  • Paucar

    From Quechua pawqar, colorful or flowery

    Quechua

  • Peña

    Rock or crag

    Spanish

  • Pérez

    Son of Pedro; rock

    Spanish

  • Pezo

    Possibly Galician; common in Loreto

    Spanish

  • Pinto

    Painted or spotted

    Spanish

  • Poma

    From Quechua puma, cougar

    Quechua

  • Portocarrero

    Mountain pass road

    Spanish

  • Prado

    Meadow; one who lived by a meadow

    Spanish

Q

  • Quenta

    Aymara surname of Puno; meaning uncertain

    Aymara

  • Quispe

    From Quechua qispi, free or liberated

    Quechua

R

  • Raffo

    Ligurian Italian; possibly from Raffaele

    Italian

  • Ramírez

    Son of Ramiro; famed counsel

    Spanish

  • Ramos

    Branches; from Palm Sunday

    Spanish

  • Rengifo

    Possibly from a Spanish place name; common in Amazonian Peru

    Spanish

  • Reyes

    Kings; from the feast of the Three Kings

    Spanish

  • Ríos

    Rivers; one who lived by rivers

    Spanish

  • Rivera

    Riverbank; one who lived by a river

    Spanish

  • Rodríguez

    Son of Rodrigo; famous ruler

    Spanish

  • Rojas

    Red; from a place with red earth

    Spanish

  • Romero

    Pilgrim to Rome; also rosemary

    Spanish

  • Ruiz

    Son of Ruy, short for Rodrigo

    Spanish

S

  • Salas

    Halls; from a manor house

    Spanish

  • Salazar

    Basque place name; old manor house

    Spanish

  • Sánchez

    Son of Sancho; holy

    Spanish

  • Shimabukuro

    Okinawan; island bag or cove

    Japanese

  • Sifuentes

    Variant of Cifuentes; hundred springs

    Spanish

  • Silva

    Forest or woodland; from Latin silva

    Spanish

  • Siu

    Cantonese for Xiao, mugwort

    Chinese

  • Solari

    Ligurian Italian surname; possibly sunny place

    Italian

  • Solís

    Sunny place; from Asturias

    Spanish

  • Soncco

    From Quechua sunqu, heart

    Quechua

  • Sotelo

    Small grove; from a Galician place

    Spanish

  • Soto

    Grove or thicket

    Spanish

  • Sulca

    Possibly from Quechua sullka, youngest child

    Quechua

T

  • Tacuri

    Quechua surname; meaning uncertain

    Quechua

  • Takahashi

    High bridge in Japanese

    Japanese

  • Tamashiro

    Okinawan; jewel castle

    Japanese

  • Tang

    Chinese; from the Tang state or dynasty

    Chinese

  • Tapia

    Mud or adobe wall

    Spanish

  • Tello

    From the old given name Tello

    Spanish

  • Ticona

    Aymara surname of the Altiplano; meaning uncertain

    Aymara

  • Titi

    From Aymara titi, Andean wildcat

    Aymara

  • Torres

    Towers; from a place with towers

    Spanish

  • Tuesta

    From Tuesta, a village in Álava

    Spanish

U

  • Uehara

    Upper field in Japanese

    Japanese

V

  • Valdivia

    From a Spanish place name; valley of the river

    Spanish

  • Valverde

    Green valley; from a place name

    Spanish

  • Vargas

    Sloping meadows; from a Cantabrian place name

    Spanish

  • Vásquez

    Son of Vasco; the Basque

    Spanish

  • Vega

    Fertile lowland or meadow

    Spanish

  • Vela

    Vigil or watch; also sail

    Spanish

  • Vera

    Riverbank or edge; from a Spanish place name

    Spanish

  • Vilca

    From Quechua willka, sacred

    Quechua

  • Villanueva

    New town; from a common place name

    Spanish

W

  • Wong

    Cantonese for Huang, yellow, or Wang, king

    Chinese

Y

  • Yamashiro

    Mountain castle in Japanese

    Japanese

  • Yapura

    Aymara surname; meaning uncertain

    Aymara

  • Yauri

    From Quechua yawri, needle

    Quechua

  • Yucra

    Quechua surname of the southern Andes; meaning uncertain

    Quechua

  • Yupanqui

    Quechua for honored or you will count; Inca royal name

    Quechua

Z

  • Zegarra

    Basque place-name surname

    Spanish

  • Zevallos

    Variant of Cevallos; from a Cantabrian place

    Spanish

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    Dogwood tree; from a place name

    Spanish

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    Red; from a place with red earth

    Spanish

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    Springs or fountains

    Spanish

  • Yucra

    Quechua surname of the southern Andes; meaning uncertain

  • Siu

    Cantonese for Xiao, mugwort

    Chinese

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    Son of Vasco; the Basque

    Spanish

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    Peruvian last names from Quechua and Aymara

    Some of the most common surnames in Peru come from Indigenous languages. Quispe comes from Quechua qispi, linked to being free or saved and also to crystal. Huamán is waman, a falcon or hawk, and Poma is puma. Condori comes from kunturi, condor, and Mamani is an Aymara word for a falcon. Choque comes from chuqi, gold or precious metal, Cusi from kusi, joy, and Huanca from wanka, a sacred stone.

    Yupanqui recalls the names of Inca rulers such as Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui. Colonial priests and scribes wrote these names with Spanish spelling, so the w sound became hu and the k and q sounds became qu or c. That is why waman is written Huamán and qispi Quispe. Many of these names are especially common in the southern highlands around Cusco, Puno and Arequipa, while Aymara names cluster near Lake Titicaca.

    Father and mother on every Peruvian ID

    Like other Spanish speaking countries, Peru uses two surnames. The first is the father's first surname and the second is the mother's first surname, so the writer Mario Vargas Llosa has Vargas from his father and Llosa from his mother. Everyday speech often uses only the first surname. The two names give an immediate picture of a person's family on both sides, and many Peruvians combine a Spanish surname with a Quechua or Aymara one.

    Common Spanish surnames in Peru include Flores, Sánchez, Rodríguez, García, Rojas, Chávez, Ramos, Vásquez, Torres, Díaz and Mendoza. Pairings such as Quispe Flores or Rojas Mamani are typical. Women usually keep both of their own surnames after marriage, though some add de followed by the husband's surname in social settings. Official identity documents record both surnames, and forms usually have separate fields for each.

    Chinese, Japanese and Italian family lines

    Peru has one of the oldest Chinese communities in Latin America. Contract workers arrived from southern China in the middle of the nineteenth century, and their descendants, known as tusán, carry names like Chang, Wong, Chong and Lau. Chinese Peruvian influence is also visible in food, with chifa restaurants found across the country. Some families combined Chinese and Spanish surnames within a few generations.

    Japanese immigration began at the end of the nineteenth century, and many settlers came from Okinawa, bringing names such as Higa, Nakamura and Tamashiro. Italian immigrants, many from Liguria, settled in Lima and Callao and left names like Raffo and Solari. These names add another layer to the list, and they are useful for writers who want a Peruvian character with a family story that goes beyond the usual picture.

    Frequently asked questions

    Why does a Peruvian name include both parents?

    Peru follows the Spanish custom of listing the father's first surname followed by the mother's first surname. This shows both sides of the family. In everyday speech many people use only the first surname, but official documents always include both.

    What does Quispe mean?

    Quispe comes from the Quechua word qispi, associated with being free or saved and also with glass or crystal. It is one of the most widespread surnames in Peru, especially in the southern highlands, and is shared by many unrelated families.

    Which Peruvian last names are Quechua or Aymara?

    Quispe, Huamán, Poma, Huanca, Cusi, Yupanqui and Choque are Quechua or shared Andean names, while Mamani, Condori, Apaza and Ticona are strongly associated with Aymara communities. The meanings in the list explain the language behind each name where it is known.

    Why are there Chinese and Japanese names in Peru?

    Chinese workers arrived in the nineteenth century and Japanese settlers from the end of that century, many from Okinawa. Their descendants are an established part of Peruvian society, so names like Chang, Wong and Higa sit alongside Spanish and Andean ones.

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