López in the Spanish provinces López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin.[2] It was originally a patronymic , meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus , meaning "wolf". Its Portuguese and Galician equivalent is Lopes , its Italian equivalent is Lupo , its French equivalent is Loup (or Leu ), its Romanian equivalent is Lupu or Lupescu and its Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis .
López is the fifth most common Hispanic surname globally and in Spain and the USA.[citation needed ] It is the most common surname in the province of Lugo . It is the most common Spanish surname in the United Kingdom .
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 34.8% of all known bearers of the surname López were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:40), 10.0% of Spain (1:52), 8.2% of Guatemala (1:22), 7.3% of the United States (1:547), 7.1% of Colombia (1:75), 5.0% of Argentina (1:96), 3.8% of Venezuela (1:88), 2.7% of Honduras (1:36), 2.7% of Peru (1:131), 2.6% of the Philippines (1:438), 2.5% of Nicaragua (1:27), 2.1% of Cuba (1:62), 1.8% of Ecuador (1:99), 1.6% of El Salvador (1:44), 1.4% of Paraguay (1:56), 1.3% of Chile (1:148) and 1.1% of Bolivia (1:104).
In Spain , the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:52) in the following regions:
In Guatemala , the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:22) in the following departments:
In Mexico , the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:40) in the following states:[3]
Politicians Adolfo López Mateos , Mexican presidentAlfonso López Caballero , Colombian politicianAlfonso López Michelsen , President of ColombiaAlfonso López Pumarejo , President of ColombiaAlfonso H. Lopez , American politicianAndrés Manuel López Obrador , Mexican PresidentAntonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876), Mexican general and dictatorAntonio López-Istúriz White , Spanish politician member of the European ParliamentAugustine Lopez , American politicianCarlos Antonio López , Paraguayan presidentFrancisco Solano López , Paraguayan presidentFernando Lopez , Filipino politicianEleazar López Contreras , Venezuelan presidentHermógenes López , Venezuelan presidentIgor López de Munain , Basque politicianJames Lopez Watson , American judge and politicianJohanna López , American politicianJosé Cortés López , Spanish magistrate and politicianJosé López Portillo , Mexican presidentJosé López Rega , Argentina's Minister of Social WelfareJuan Fernando López Aguilar , Spanish politicianKamala Lopez , Venezuelan actress, director, and political activistLeopoldo López , Venezuelan politicianMarco A. López Jr. , American politicianMargarita López , Puerto Rican politicianNarciso López , Venezuelan military officer and politicianNativo Lopez , Mexican-American politician and activistOswaldo López Arellano , President of Honduras from 1963 to 1971 and 1972–1975Patxi Lopez , Basque socialist politicianPero López de Ayala , Spanish statesmanRicardo López Murphy , Argentine economist and politicianAdelardo López de Ayala , Spanish politicianIñigo López de Mendoza , soldier, politician and poet in Medieval SpainAthletes Adrián López Álvarez (born 1988), Spanish footballerAl López (1908–2005), American baseball catcher and managerAlbie Lopez , American baseball pitcherAlejandro Lopez , Mexican race walkerAlejo López (born 1996), Mexican baseball playerAlexander López (born 1992), Honduran footballerAliuska López , Cuban-Spanish athleteAndy Lopez (born 1953), American college baseball coachÁngel López (disambiguation) , several peopleAntonio López Guerrero , Spanish footballerAnselmo López , Spanish basketball managerAriel López (footballer, born 1974) , Argentine forwardAriel López (footballer, born 2000) , Argentine forwardBrook Lopez , American basketball player, twin of Robin LopezCamille Lopez (born 1989), French (male) rugby playerCarlos López de Silanes , Mexican footballerCelestino López , Venezuelan baseball playerClaudio López , Argentine footballerChristian López , Guatemalan weightlifterChristian Lopez , French footballerJuan Manuel Bellón López (born 1950), Spanish chess grandmasterColby Lopez (born 1986), American professional wrestler better known as Seth RollinsDaniel López (footballer, born 1969) , Chilean footballerDanny Lopez (boxer) , U.S. boxerDavid López-Zubero , Spanish Olympic swimmerDiego López Rodríguez , Spanish footballerEbrahim Enguio Lopez , Indonesian-Filipino professional basketball playerEnrique López Pérez , Spanish tennis playerFederico Lopez , Puerto Rican basketball playerFeliciano López , Spanish tennis playerFelipe López (basketball) Felipe López (baseball player) Gustavo Adrián López , Argentine footballerHannah Lopez (born 1992), American rugby sevens playerHector Lopez , Panamanian baseball playerIsrael López (footballer) , Mexican footballerJack López , Puerto Rican baseball playerJacob Lopez (born 1998), American baseball playerJavier López (baseball) (born 1977), Puerto Rican baseball playerJavy López , Puerto Rican baseball playerJean Lopez (born 1973), Taekwondo athlete and coachJessica López , Venezuelan artistic gymnastJorge López (baseball) (born 1993), Puerto Rican baseball playerJosé Luis López Ramírez , Costa Rican football playerJosé María López , Argentine racing driverJuan Antonio Lopez , Mexican boxerLisandro López (footballer, born 1983) , Argentine footballerLisandro López (footballer, born 1989) , Argentine footballerLou Lopez Sénéchal (born 1998), Mexico-born French women's basketball playerLucía López , Spanish field hockey playerManuel López , Argentine boxerMarc López , Spanish tennis playerMarisa López , Argentine field hockey playerMartín López-Zubero , Spanish-American backstroke swimmerMaxi López , Argentine football playerNancy Lopez (born 1957), American golferNicky Lopez (born 1995), American baseball playerNicolas Lopez (fencer) , French sabre fencerOmar López (born 1977), Venezuelan baseball coachOtto Lopez (born 1998), Dominican-Canadian baseball playerPablo Darío López , Argentine footballerPablo López (baseball) (born 1996), Venezuelan baseball playerRaúl López , Spanish basketball playerReynaldo López (born 1994), Dominican baseball playerRicardo López , Mexican boxerRicardo López Felipe , Spanish football playerRobin Lopez , American basketball player, twin of Brook LopezRodrigo Muñoz López , major league starting pitcher for the Colorado RockiesRodrigo López , a Mexican-American soccer playerRon Lopez , American football playerRoy Lopez (American football) (born 1997), American football playerSergio López Miró , Spanish swimmerSteven López , 2000 and 2004 USA Olympic Tae Kwon Do Gold MedalistSue Lopez , English footballer, manager, coach and advocate of the women's gameTeófimo López (born 1997), American world champion boxerVidal López , Venezuelan baseball pitcher and managerWilton López (born 1983), Nicaraguan baseball pitcherYaqui López (born 1951), Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of FameYeimer López , Cuban middle-distance runnerYoan López (born 1993), Cuban baseball playerFilm Adamari López , Puerto Rican actressCharo López , Argentine actressCharo López , Spanish actressConstance Marie Lopez , American actressGeorge Lopez , Mexican-American comedianGabriella Louise Ortega Lopez , Filipina actress, singer, model, vlogger, and recording artistGerry Lopez , American surfer and occasional film actorJade Lopez , Filipina actressJennifer Lopez , American actress, singer, dancer and designerLiezel Lopez , Filipina actress, model and dancerMara Lopez , Filipina actressMarga López , Argentine-Mexican actressMario López , American actorMartina López , American photographerLeon Lopez , British actorPerry Lopez , American actorPolyana López , Argentine actressPriscilla Lopez , American singer, dancer, and actressSergi López , Spanish actorAlencier Ley Lopez , Indian Keralite ActorVernetta Lopez , Singaporean actressManuel López Ochoa , Mexican actor and singerCarlos López Moctezuma , Mexican actorArtists Musicians and composers Anselmo López , Venezuelan bandolistGabe Lopez , American singer-songwriter and producerJesús López-Cobos , Spanish conductorJimmy Lopez , Peruvian composerLance Lopez (born 1977), American musicianMartin Lopez , Swedish heavy metal drummerOscar Lopez (guitarist) , Chilean-Canadian folk guitaristRicardo López Méndez , Mexican poet and song lyricistRenato López , Mexican musicianRicky Lopez , Puerto Rican singer, ex-MenudoRobert Lopez , composer and lyricist of musicalsRosa López , Spanish singer and dancer of Operación TriunfoLaia Martínez i López , Spanish writer and musicianTrini Lopez , American musicianVincent Lopez , American bandleader and pianistOther people Alberto López Arce , Cuban chess masterAlfonso López Trujillo , Colombian CardinalAndrés Manuel López Obrador , also known as AMLO, Mexican presidentAngelica Lopez (born 2000), Filipino beauty queenAraceli Lopez-Martens (born 1971), French physicistAwilda Lopez , American criminalBarry Lopez , American writerCachao López , Cuban mambo musician and composerCarlos Lopez , American Ballet Theatre soloistDonald S. Lopez, Sr. , American Air Force fighter and test pilotDonald S. Lopez, Jr. , American scholar of BuddhismEugenio Lopez Sr. (1901–1975), Filipino politician and founder of ABS-CBN CorporationEugenio Lopez Jr. (1928–1999), Filipino businessman and former CEO and president of ABS-CBN CorporationEugenio Lopez III (born 1952), Filipino businessman and former CEO and chairman of ABS-CBN CorporationFelipe López (archer) , Spanish Olympic archerFernão Lopez , first permanent resident of the island of Saint HelenaGarcía López de Cárdenas , Spanish conquistadorGeorge A. Lopez , American academicGerardo I. Lopez , CEO and President, AMC TheatresGina Lopez (1953–2019), Filipino environmentalist and philanthropistGraciano Lopez Jaena , Filipino heroHernán López-Schier , biomedical scientistIñigo López de Recalde, birth name of Ignatius of Loyola , Catholic saint and founder of the Jesuits Jennifer Lopez (meteorologist) , meteorologist for KXAS-TVJose M. Lopez , American Medal of Honor recipientJoseph A. Lopez , Spanish Mexican JesuitJuan López de Hoyos , Spanish humanist and educator who was the teacher of Miguel de CervantesJuana López (nurse) , Chilean army nurseKathryn Jean Lopez , American conservative columnistLourdes Lopez , New York City Ballet principal dancerLynda Lopez , American news anchorMario Lopez Estrada , Guatemalan billionaire businessmanMartín López-Vega , Spanish Asturian language writerMiguel López de Legazpi , Spanish explorerNicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez , Dominican cardinal of the Roman Catholic ChurchNicolás Lindley López , Peruvian military commanderNoelia López , Spanish modelPedro López (serial killer) , Colombian serial killer and rapistPura López Colomé (born 1952), Mexican poet, translatorR. Edward Lopez , American newsman and morning radio personalityRamón López (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRicardo López (stalker) , Uruguayan-American man who attempted to murder the Icelandic singer BjörkRuy López de Segura , Spanish priest after whom the Ruy López opening is namedRuy López de Villalobos , Spanish explorerSantos López Pelegrín , Spanish journalistSteve Lopez , American journalist for the Los Angeles Times and authorVenancio López , Paraguayan military officerVenancio Víctor López , Paraguayan chancellorReferences ^ "López Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. ^ Pedro Morote Pérez (1741). Antiguedad, y blasones de la ciudad de Lorca, y Historia de Santa Maria la Real de las Huertas ... por Francisco Joseph Lopez Mesnier, en la calle de Zambrana. pp. 214–. ^ Lopez surname distribution