López

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.

Lopez
Coat of arms of Hidalgo families named López
Pronunciation/ˈloʊpɛz/
Spanish: [ˈlopes] (seseante)
Spanish: [ˈlopeθ] (Castilian)
Origin
Language(s)Spanish
Meaning"son of Lope" (wolf)
Region of originSpain
Other names
Variant form(s)Lopes (Portuguese), Lupo (Italian), Loup (French), Lupu (Romanian) López ( Mexico )
Frequency comparisons:[1]
López in the Spanish provinces

López is the fifth most common Hispanic surname globally and in Spain and the USA. 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

Athletes
  • Adrián López Álvarez (born 1988), Spanish footballer
  • Al López (1908–2005), American baseball catcher and manager
  • Albie Lopez, American baseball pitcher
  • Alejandro Lopez, Mexican race walker
  • Alejo López (born 1996), Mexican baseball player
  • Alexander López (born 1992), Honduran footballer
  • Aliuska López, Cuban-Spanish athlete
  • Andy Lopez (born 1953), American college baseball coach
  • Ángel López (disambiguation), several people
  • Antonio López Guerrero, Spanish footballer
  • Anselmo López, Spanish basketball manager
  • Ariel López (footballer, born 1974), Argentine forward
  • Ariel López (footballer, born 2000), Argentine forward
  • Brook Lopez, American basketball player, twin of Robin Lopez
  • Camille Lopez (born 1989), French (male) rugby player
  • Carlos López de Silanes, Mexican footballer
  • Celestino López, Venezuelan baseball player
  • Claudio López, Argentine footballer
  • Christian López, Guatemalan weightlifter
  • Christian Lopez, French footballer
  • Juan Manuel Bellón López (born 1950), Spanish chess grandmaster
  • Colby Lopez (born 1986), American professional wrestler better known as Seth Rollins
  • Daniel López (footballer, born 1969), Chilean footballer
  • Danny Lopez (boxer), U.S. boxer
  • David López-Zubero, Spanish Olympic swimmer
  • Diego López Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
  • Ebrahim Enguio Lopez, Indonesian-Filipino professional basketball player
  • Enrique López Pérez, Spanish tennis player
  • Federico Lopez, Puerto Rican basketball player
  • Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player
  • Felipe López (basketball)
  • Felipe López (baseball player)
  • Gustavo Adrián López, Argentine footballer
  • Hannah Lopez (born 1992), American rugby sevens player
  • Hector Lopez, Panamanian baseball player
  • Israel López (footballer), Mexican footballer
  • Jack López, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Jacob Lopez (born 1998), American baseball player
  • Javier López (baseball) (born 1977), Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Javy López, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Jean Lopez (born 1973), Taekwondo athlete and coach
  • Jessica López, Venezuelan artistic gymnast
  • Jorge López (baseball) (born 1993), Puerto Rican baseball player
  • José Luis López Ramírez, Costa Rican football player
  • José María López, Argentine racing driver
  • Juan Antonio Lopez, Mexican boxer
  • Lisandro López (footballer, born 1983), Argentine footballer
  • Lisandro López (footballer, born 1989), Argentine footballer
  • Lou Lopez Sénéchal (born 1998), Mexico-born French women's basketball player
  • Lucía López, Spanish field hockey player
  • Manuel López, Argentine boxer
  • Marc López, Spanish tennis player
  • Marisa López Argentine field hockey player
  • Martín López-Zubero Spanish-American backstroke swimmer
  • Maxi López, Argentine football player
  • Nancy Lopez (born 1957), American golfer
  • Nicky Lopez (born 1995), American baseball player
  • Nicolas Lopez (fencer), French sabre fencer
  • Omar López (born 1977), Venezuelan baseball coach
  • Otto Lopez (born 1998), Dominican-Canadian baseball player
  • Pablo Darío López, Argentine footballer
  • Pablo López (baseball) (born 1996), Venezuelan baseball player
  • Raúl López, Spanish basketball player
  • Reynaldo López (born 1994), Dominican baseball player
  • Ricardo López, Mexican boxer
  • Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish football player
  • Robin Lopez, American basketball player, twin of Brook Lopez
  • Rodrigo Muñoz López, a major league starting pitcher for the Colorado Rockies
  • Rodrigo López, a Mexican-American soccer player
  • Ron Lopez, American football player
  • Roy Lopez (American football) (born 1997), American football player
  • Sergio López Miró, Spanish swimmer
  • Steven López, 2000 and 2004 USA Olympic Tae Kwon Do Gold Medalist
  • Sue Lopez, English footballer, manager, coach and advocate of the women's game
  • Teófimo López (born 1997), American world champion boxer
  • Vidal López, Venezuelan baseball pitcher and manager
  • Wilton López (born 1983), Nicaraguan baseball pitcher
  • Yaqui López (born 1951), Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame.
  • Yeimer López, Cuban middle-distance runner
  • Yoan López (born 1993), Cuban baseball player

Film
  • Adamari López, Puerto Rican actress
  • Charo López, Argentine actress
  • Charo López, Spanish actress
  • Constance Marie Lopez, American actress
  • George Lopez, Mexican-American comedian
  • Gabriella Louise Ortega Lopez, Filipina actress, singer, model, vlogger, and recording artist
  • Gerry Lopez, American surfer and occasional film actor
  • Jade Lopez, Filipina actress
  • Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer, dancer and designer
  • Liezel Lopez, Filipina actress, model and dancer
  • Mara Lopez, Filipina actress
  • Marga López, Argentine-Mexican actress
  • Mario López, American actor
  • Martina López, American photographer
  • Leon Lopez, British actor
  • Perry Lopez, American actor
  • Polyana López, Argentine actress
  • Priscilla Lopez, American singer, dancer, and actress
  • Sergi López, Spanish actor
  • Alencier Ley Lopez, Indian Keralite Actor
  • Vernetta Lopez, Singaporean actress
  • Manuel López Ochoa, Mexican actor and singer
  • Carlos López Moctezuma, Mexican actor

Artists

Musicians and composers
  • Anselmo López, Venezuelan bandolist
  • Gabe Lopez, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • Jesús López-Cobos, Spanish conductor
  • Jimmy Lopez, Peruvian composer
  • Lance Lopez (born 1977), American musician
  • Martin Lopez, Swedish heavy metal drummer
  • Oscar Lopez (guitarist), Chilean-Canadian folk guitarist
  • Ricardo López Méndez, Mexican poet and song lyricist.
  • Renato López, Mexican musician
  • Ricky Lopez, Puerto Rican singer, ex-Menudo
  • Robert Lopez, composer and lyricist of musicals
  • Rosa López, Spanish singer and dancer of Operación Triunfo
  • Laia Martínez i López, Spanish writer and musician
  • Trini Lopez, American musician
  • Vincent Lopez, American bandleader and pianist

Other people

References
  1. "López Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk.
  2. 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–.
  3. Lopez surname distribution
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.