Alonso
Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Galician-Portuguese variant of Adalfuns.[1]
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Noble-ready |
| Other names | |
| See also | Alonzo, Alfonso |
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 36.6% of all known bearers of the surname Alonso were residents of Spain (frequency 1:222), 26.1% of Mexico (1:832), 8.3% of Cuba (1:242), 7.0% of Argentina (1:1,061), 4.8% of Brazil (1:7,502), 4.5% of the United States (1:14,083), 2.5% of Colombia (1:3,318), 1.7% of Paraguay (1:736), 1.3% of France (1:9,082) and 1.1% of Uruguay (1:549).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:222) in the following regions:[2]
- 1. Asturias (1:69)
- 2. Castile and León (1:73)
- 3. Cantabria (1:96)
- 4. Galicia (1:125)
- 5. Basque Country (1:145)
- 6. La Rioja (1:149)
- 7. Canary Islands (1:159)
- 8. Community of Madrid (1:171)
First name
- Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, Spanish explorer of the 16th century
- Alonso Fernández Álvarez (born 1982), Costa Rican male model
- Alonso Fernández de Lugo (1450s–1525), Spanish conquistador
- Alonso Manrique de Lara (1476–1538), Spanish cardinal
- Alonso Ferreira de Matos (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
- Alonso Mudarra (1510–1580), Spanish composer and vihuelist
- Alonso Oyarzun, Canadian actor
- Alonso Pérez (fl. 1881–1914), a Spanish painter
- Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (1494–1520), Spanish explorer and cartographer
- Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441–1493), Spanish navigator
- Alonso Solís (born 1978), Costa Rican footballer
- Alonso de Solís, Spanish explorer and governor of Florida in 1576
- Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (1533–1594), Spanish soldier and poet
- Alonzo Wilcox (1810–1878), American politician
- Alonso Quixano, the fictitious hero of Don Quixote
- Alonso, King of Naples, fictitious character in Shakespeare's The Tempest
Surname
- Alejandro Alonso (musician) (born 1952), Latin-American musician
- Alejandro Alonso (footballer) (born 1982), Argentinian football player
- Alfredo Alonso, Cuban media executive
- Alicia Alonso (born 1920), Cuban ballerina and choreographer
- Armando Alonso (born 1984), Costa Rican footballer
- Axel Alonso, American comic book creator best known as the former Editor-in-Chief at Marvel Comics
- Braulio Alonso (1916–2010), American educator
- Carlos Alonso (born 1971), Canadian Musician
- Clara Alonso (model) (born 1987), Spanish model
- Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic
- Daniella Alonso (born 1978), American actress
- Diego Alonso (born 1975), Uruguayan footballer
- Edu Alonso (born 1974), Spanish footballer
- Ernesto Alonso (1917–2007), Mexican film director and producer
- Fernando Alonso (born 1981), Spanish racing driver
- Fernando Alonso (dancer) (1914–2013), Cuban ballet dancer
- Iván Alonso (born 1979), Uruguayan footballer
- Jessica Alonso Bernardo (born 1983), Spanish handball player
- José Alonso (athlete) (born 1957), Spanish athlete
- José Alonso (actor) (born 1947), Mexican actor
- José Alonso (trade unionist) (1917–1970), Argentine trade-unionist
- José María Alonso (1890–1979), Spanish tennis player
- José Antonio Alonso (1960–2017), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician
- José Ángel Alonso (born 1989), Spanish footballer
- Juan Alonso (1927–1994), Spanish footballer
- Julián Alonso (born 1977), Spanish tennis player
- Kiko Alonso (born 1990), American football linebacker
- Laura Alonso (born 1976), Spanish operatic soprano
- Laz Alonso (born 1974), American actor
- Lisandro Alonso (born 1975), Argentine filmmaker
- Luís Alonso Pérez (1922–1972), also known as Lula, Brazilian football manager
- Manuel A. Alonso (1822–1889), Puerto Rican writer
- Marcos Alonso Peña (born 1959), Spanish footballer
- María Conchita Alonso (born 1957), Cuban singer and actress
- María Rosa Alonso (1909-2011), Spanish professor, philologist, essayist
- Miguel Ángel Alonso, Spanish former football midfielder and manager.
- Mikel Alonso (born 1980), Spanish footballer
- Noel Alonso (born 1987), Spanish footballer
- Norberto Alonso (born 1953), Argentine footballer
- Osvaldo Alonso (born 1985), Cuban footballer
- Pete Alonso (born 1994), American baseball player
- Pichi Alonso (born 1954), Spanish footballer
- Tomás N. Alonso (1881–1962), Filipino writer
- William Alonso (1933–1999), Argentinian-American economist
- Xabi Alonso (born 1981), Spanish footballer
- Yonder Alonso (born 1987), Cuban baseball player
See also
References
- Grégoire, L. (1874). Diccionario enciclopédico de historia, biografía, mitología y geografía (in Spanish). Garnier Hermanos. p. 61. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- Alonso surname distribution
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