Salazar is a surname meaning old farmhouse (from
BasqueSarasaitzu [old], which then evolved to "Sarasaz," and then to the modern, Castillian form "Salazar").[1] The name originates from the valley of the same name:
Salazar Valley, in
Navarra,
Spain. The surname started appearing during the early Middle Ages.
Its origins are also related to a certain noble family around the 10th century, the Salazar's, that held a fief in the area.[2][3] It later also spread to the rest of the Basque Country, being specially common in
Biscay during the 15th century. During that time, Lope García de Salazar, a famous writer, took part in the
Reconquista of
Cuenca, where he was granted a fief and founded a notable family. Some of his descendants took part in the
Conquest of the America, thus spreading the surname all through the Spanish America; others intermarried many noble families, and the surname spread all through the
Iberian peninsula.
Salazar is a common in Hispanic America because there were a number of Salazars among the early Spanish conquerors and settlers.[2]
Salazar is also a common surname among
Roma people.[3] Due to several
censuses made in the
Kingdom of Castile during the 14th and 15th centuries, every Castilian subject was forced to take a name and two surnames. The Roma, who used to call themselves only by a first name, decided to take established surnames to add prestige to their families.[4] They chose from among the oldest noble families, usually of Basque origin, thus it is extremely common to find Roma with surnames such as
Heredia, Salazar,
Mendoza, or
Montoya.[5]
^
ab"Salazar". Supercable.es. Archived from
the original on 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
^GAMELLA, Juan F.; GÓMEZ ALFARO, Antonio y PÉREZ PÉREZ, Juan (2012). Los apellidos de los gitanos españoles en los censos de 1783-85. Revista de Humanidades [en línea], n. 19, artículo 3, ISSN 2340-8995.
RAMOS MERINO, Juan Luis. "La caballería y la leyenda artúrica en Lope García de Salazar". En: Junto al Grial : miscelánea artúrica. Soria : Diputación Provincial, 2008, pp. 89–103.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameSalazar. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
Salazar is a surname meaning old farmhouse (from
BasqueSarasaitzu [old], which then evolved to "Sarasaz," and then to the modern, Castillian form "Salazar").[1] The name originates from the valley of the same name:
Salazar Valley, in
Navarra,
Spain. The surname started appearing during the early Middle Ages.
Its origins are also related to a certain noble family around the 10th century, the Salazar's, that held a fief in the area.[2][3] It later also spread to the rest of the Basque Country, being specially common in
Biscay during the 15th century. During that time, Lope García de Salazar, a famous writer, took part in the
Reconquista of
Cuenca, where he was granted a fief and founded a notable family. Some of his descendants took part in the
Conquest of the America, thus spreading the surname all through the Spanish America; others intermarried many noble families, and the surname spread all through the
Iberian peninsula.
Salazar is a common in Hispanic America because there were a number of Salazars among the early Spanish conquerors and settlers.[2]
Salazar is also a common surname among
Roma people.[3] Due to several
censuses made in the
Kingdom of Castile during the 14th and 15th centuries, every Castilian subject was forced to take a name and two surnames. The Roma, who used to call themselves only by a first name, decided to take established surnames to add prestige to their families.[4] They chose from among the oldest noble families, usually of Basque origin, thus it is extremely common to find Roma with surnames such as
Heredia, Salazar,
Mendoza, or
Montoya.[5]
^
ab"Salazar". Supercable.es. Archived from
the original on 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
^GAMELLA, Juan F.; GÓMEZ ALFARO, Antonio y PÉREZ PÉREZ, Juan (2012). Los apellidos de los gitanos españoles en los censos de 1783-85. Revista de Humanidades [en línea], n. 19, artículo 3, ISSN 2340-8995.
RAMOS MERINO, Juan Luis. "La caballería y la leyenda artúrica en Lope García de Salazar". En: Junto al Grial : miscelánea artúrica. Soria : Diputación Provincial, 2008, pp. 89–103.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameSalazar. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.