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thumb|López in the Spanish provinces López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin. 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, its Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis and its Basque equivalent is Otxo.

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Surname.name
Lopez
Surname.image
Escudo Apellido Lopez.svg
Surname.caption
Coat of arms of Hidalgo families named López
Surname.meaning
"son of Lope" (wolf)
Surname.region
Spain
Surname.languageorigin
Spanish
Surname.pronunciation
(seseante) (Castilian)
Surname.variant
Lopes (Portuguese), Lupo (Italian), Loup (French), Lupu (Romanian)
Surname.footnotes
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native label
López
Caverphone
LPS111
Commons category
López (surname)
Cologne phonetics
518
Soundex
L120
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thumb|López in the Spanish provinces López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin. 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, its Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis and its Basque equivalent is Otxo.

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.

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