Vázquez is a
surname of
Galician origin, which later spread all over the
Spanish-speaking world. Alternative spellings of the name include Vásquez or Vasques, and Vazquez or Vasquez in countries where
Iberian languages are not commonly spoken.
Overview
To a lesser extent it also occurs in Portuguese-speaking countries (spelled Vasques), where
Vasco is also used as a surname. Vasquez means "[son] of Vasco", and Vasco comes from the pre-Roman
latinized name "Velascus", a name of uncertain origin and meaning, but probably
Basque or
Iberian. In Galician-Portuguese the pre-Roman name becomes Velascu > Veascu > Vaasco > Vasco.
In some Spanish-speaking countries, families of non-Iberian ancestry have also adopted this surname. In Colombia and Argentina, there have been instances of "Watzke" and "Watzka" families, of German-Czech descent, Hispanicizing their surnames to "Vasquez". The surname was chosen as being the one most closely resembling their former name; in Italy a similar phenomenon was noted with some "Watzke" changing to "Vasco".[citation needed]
This page lists people with the
surnameVasquez. 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.
Vázquez is a
surname of
Galician origin, which later spread all over the
Spanish-speaking world. Alternative spellings of the name include Vásquez or Vasques, and Vazquez or Vasquez in countries where
Iberian languages are not commonly spoken.
Overview
To a lesser extent it also occurs in Portuguese-speaking countries (spelled Vasques), where
Vasco is also used as a surname. Vasquez means "[son] of Vasco", and Vasco comes from the pre-Roman
latinized name "Velascus", a name of uncertain origin and meaning, but probably
Basque or
Iberian. In Galician-Portuguese the pre-Roman name becomes Velascu > Veascu > Vaasco > Vasco.
In some Spanish-speaking countries, families of non-Iberian ancestry have also adopted this surname. In Colombia and Argentina, there have been instances of "Watzke" and "Watzka" families, of German-Czech descent, Hispanicizing their surnames to "Vasquez". The surname was chosen as being the one most closely resembling their former name; in Italy a similar phenomenon was noted with some "Watzke" changing to "Vasco".[citation needed]
This page lists people with the
surnameVasquez. 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.