Lopez Coat of arms of Hidalgo families named López Pronunciation Spanish: [ˈlopes] seseante )Spanish: [ˈlopeθ] Castilian )Language(s) Spanish Meaning "son of Lope" (wolf ) Region of origin Spain Variant form(s) Lopes (Portuguese), Lupo (Italian), Loup (French), Lupu (Romanian) López ( Mexico ) Frequency comparisons:[ 1]
López in the Spanish provinces López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin.[ 2] 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 Italian equivalent is Lupo French equivalent is Loup Leu ), its Romanian equivalent is Lupu Lupescu ,Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis and its basque Otxo .
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 presidentCristina López Valverde (born 1959), Argentine politicianFrancisco Romero López (born 1933), Spanish bullfighterFrancisco 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 Spain
Athletes
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 playerEstefany López (born 1992), Ecuadorian para-athleteFederico Lopez , Puerto Rican basketball playerFeliciano López , Spanish tennis playerFelipe López (basketball) Felipe López (baseball player) Gio Lopez , American football playerGustavo 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 player
Film
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 actressSanya Lopez (born 1996 as Shaira Lenn Osuna Roberto), Filipina actressSergi López , Spanish actorAlencier Ley Lopez , Indian Keralite ActorVernetta Lopez , Singaporean actressManuel López Ochoa , Mexican actor and singerCarlos López Moctezuma , Mexican actor
Artists
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 pianist
Other 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 nurseJuliana López , Spanish anarchistKathryn 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 writerSimón Pardiñas López , Spanish dentistMiguel 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 rapistPetrona Hernández López (1890?–2007), Nicaraguan revolutionaryPura 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 chancellor
References
Family names derived from the word "
wolf "
Celtic Germanic
Rudolph , Ralph , Ludolf , Adolf North Germanic: Lyall , Ulfsson
West Germanic: De Wolf , De Wolfe , Love , Volf , Wolf , Wolfe , Wolff , Wölfli , Wölfflin , Wolfs , Woolf , Woolfe , Wulf , Wulff , Wulfson , Wolfowitz , Wolfsohn , Wolfson , Wolfram , Wolfermann Romance
Latin: Lupus
French: Leleu , Leloup , Loup , Louvel , Lowell
Iberian: Llop , Llopis , Lobato , Lobo , Lopes , López
Italian: Lovato , Lupo
Romanian: Lupescu , Lupu , Lupul , Lupulescu Slavic
East Slavic: Biryuk , Biryukov , Volchek , Volchenkov , Volchkov , Volchok , Volk , Volkov (Volkoff , Wolkoff ), Volkovich , Vovchenko , Vovchok , Vovchynskyi , Vovk
South Slavic: Vuk , Vučević , Vučić , Vučko , Vučetić /Vuchetich , Vučković , Vujić , Vukašinović , Vukasović , Vukčević , Vukić , Vukičević , Vukićević , Vuković /Vukovich , Vuksanović
West Slavic: Vlček , Vlk , Wilczek , Wilczyński , Wilk , Wolkowicz Other
