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The name Lopez is of Portuguese origin.
The English meaning of Lopez is Son of Lopo
The surname Lopez is a patronymic name, which means that it is derived from a man’s given name, usually a father, paternal ancestor or patron.
Distinguished Jewish bearers of the Lopez name and its variants include: • Rodrigo Lopes (c. 1525 – June 7, 1594) physician to Queen Elizabeth • Sabatino Lopez (1867-1951), Italian Playwright • Aaron Lopez (1731–1782), was born Duarte Lopez in Portugal. He was a Jewish merchant and philanthropist. He became the wealthiest person in Newport, Rhode Island, in British America. • Antoinette Louppe (Lopes), mother of Michel de Montaigne (1535-1592), French writer.
Some interesting facts about the name this name are:
• The name Lopez appears in the records of the Inquisition of Toledo. • The surname Lopes is mentioned 51 times in the Book of Guilties. It appears in the records of the Inquisition of Evora, Coimbra and Lisbon. • According to the National Statistics Institute of Spain, Lopez is the fifth most common name in the country. • In Portuguese this name is spelled with a “s” and in Spanish with “z”. • The Lopes family shield has no cross in its coat of arms, but rather two stars, each one containing six points like the Jewish Star of David. • The Lopes family appear during the reign of Afonso V in Portugal in the 15th century.
Some common variations of Lopez are Lopes and López.
The following websites are relevant to the surname Lopez:
Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.
