Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of ''Adalfuns''.

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 Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

(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:Alonso surname distribution
/ref> * 1. Asturias (1:69) * 2.

Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...

(1:73) * 3. Cantabria (1:96) * 4.

Galicia Galicia may refer to: Geographic regions * Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain ** Gallaecia, a Roman province ** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia ** The medieval King ...

(1:125) * 5.

Basque Country Basque Country may refer to: * Basque Country (autonomous community), as used in Spain ( es, País Vasco, link=no), also called , an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain (shown in pink on the map) * French Basque Country o ...

(1:145) * 6. La Rioja (1:149) * 7.

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

(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 López (disambiguation), several people * 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 Pérez ( 1881–1914), 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 Alonso de Solís (? - 1576) was a soldier and explorer who served as governor of Florida between April and July 4, 1576, when he was killed.Turner Bushnell, Amy (1994)Situado and Sabana: Spain support system for the Presidio and Mission Provinces ...

, Spanish explorer and governor of Florida in 1576 *

Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (7 August 153329 November 1594) was a Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid. While in Chile (1556–63) he fought against the Araucanians (Mapuche), and there he began the epic poem ''La Araucana'', considered one o ...

(1533–1594), Spanish soldier and poet *

Alonzo Wilcox Alonzo Wilcox (March 18, 1810 – March 26, 1878) was an American pioneer and politician. Born in Edmeston, New York, Wilcox studied medicine at the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, ...

(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 (1920–2019), Cuban ballerina and choreographer * América Alonso (1936–2022), Venezuelan actress * Antonella Alonso (born 1990), Venezuelan pornographic actress *

Armando Alonso Armando Alonso Rodríguez (born 21 March 1984) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who used to play for Alajuelense. Alonso scored a goal in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008 quarter-final match against Atlante F.C. on March 19, 2008. Club ...

(born 1984), Costa Rican footballer * Axel Alonso, American comic book creator best known as the former Editor-in-Chief at Marvel Comics *

Braulio Alonso Braulio Alonso (December 16, 1916 – June 5, 2010) was a high school and junior high school teacher and principal. He served as the first Hispanic president of the National Education Association.National Education Association"NEA - Answering the C ...

(1916–2010), American educator *

Carlos Alonso Carlos Alonso (born 4 February 1929) is an Argentine contemporary painter, draftsman and printmaker. Though he was a Social realist in his early career, he is best known as a New realist. Beef is a common element in his work. Early years Born i ...

(born 1971), Canadian Musician *

Clara Alonso (model) Clara Alonso (born 21 September 1987) is a Spanish model (person), model. Alonso was the only Spanish model to walk in the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show since 1999. She has been the face of Guess (clothing), GUESS and Armani Exchange, AX ...

(born 1987), Spanish model * Constanza Alonso (born 1986), Argentine politician * Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic * Daniella Alonso (born 1978), American actress *

Diego Alonso Diego Martín Alonso López (; born 16 April 1975) is a Uruguayan professional football head coach and former player who played as a striker. Other than in his own country, he played football in Argentina, Spain, Mexico and China in a 16-year ...

(born 1975), Uruguayan footballer *

Edu Alonso Eduardo 'Edu' Alonso Álvarez (born 30 May 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder. He spent the better part of his career with Alavés after starting out at Athletic Bilbao, playing 180 competitive matches for t ...

(born 1974), Spanish footballer *

Ernesto Alonso Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the wo ...

(1917–2007), Mexican film director and producer *

Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Alpine in Formula One. He won the series' World Drivers' Championship in and with Renault, and has also driven for McLaren, Ferrari, and Mi ...

(born 1981), Spanish racing driver *

Fernando Alonso (dancer) Fernando Alonso (17 December 1914 – 27 July 2013) was a Cuban ballet dancer. He is a co-founder of the Cuban National Ballet and was part of the American Ballet Theatre company between 1940 until 1948. Biography Born as Fernando Juan Evangel ...

(1914–2013), Cuban ballet dancer * Francisco Alonso (1887–1948), Spanish composer * Iván Alonso (born 1979), Uruguayan footballer * Jessica Alonso Bernardo (born 1983), Spanish handball player *

José Alonso (athlete) José Alonso may refer to: * José Alonso (hurdler) (born 1957), Spanish athlete *José Alonso (actor) (born 1947), Mexican actor * José Alonso (sport shooter) *José Alonso (trade unionist) (1917–1970), Argentine trade-unionist *José María Al ...

(born 1957), Spanish athlete * José Alonso (actor) (born 1947), Mexican actor * José Alonso (trade unionist) (1917–1970), Argentine trade-unionist *

José María Alonso José María Alonso de Areyzaga (24 March 1890 – 4 March 1979) was a Spanish male tennis player. He competed in the Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, singles event at the 1920 Summer Olympics in which he lost in the first ...

(1890–1979), Spanish tennis player * José Antonio Alonso (1960–2017), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician *

José Ángel Alonso José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

(born 1989), Spanish footballer * Juan Alonso (1927–1994), Spanish footballer * Julián Alonso (born 1977), Spanish tennis player * Júnior Alonso (born 1993), Paraguayan football player * Kiko Alonso (born 1990), American football linebacker * Laura Alonso (soprano), Spanish operatic soprano *

Laura Alonso (politician) Laura Alonso (born 23 December 1972) is an Argentine politician who served as head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Argentina from 2015 to 2019 during the presidency of Mauricio Macri. She also served as member of the Chamber of Deputies from ...

, Argentine politician * 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 Dr. Manuel Antonio Alonso Pacheco (October 6, 1822 – November 4, 1889) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, journalist and physician. He is considered to be the first Puerto Rican writer of notable importance. Early years Alonso was born in Sa ...

(1822–1889), Puerto Rican writer * Marcos Alonso Imaz (1933–2012), Spanish footballer * Marcos Alonso Peña (born 1959), Spanish footballer * Marcos Alonso Mendoza (born 1990), Spanish footballer *

María Conchita Alonso María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1957), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a singer, actress and former beauty queen. She has participated in film and television productions, and was nominated for the Independent Spirit ...

(born 1957), Cuban singer and actress *

María Rosa Alonso María Rosa Alonso (pseudonym, María Luisa Villalba; 28 December 1909 – 27 May 2011) was a Spanish professor, philologist, essayist from the Canary Islands. Biography María Rosa Alonso was born in Tacoronte, Tenerife on 28 December 1909. He ...

(1909–2011), Spanish professor, philologist, essayist * Miguel Ángel Alonso, Spanish former football midfielder and manager * Mikel Alonso (born 1980), Spanish footballer * Mónica Alonso (born 1998), Spanish rhythmic gymnast * Noel Alonso (born 1987), Spanish footballer *

Norberto Alonso Norberto Osvaldo Alonso (born 4 January 1953), known colloquially as "Beto" Alonso, is an Argentine former football midfielder, who played the majority of his career for the Argentine club River Plate, where he won 9 titles. He remains one of ...

(born 1953), Argentine footballer * Osvaldo Alonso (born 1985), Cuban footballer * Pete Alonso (born 1994), American baseball player * Pichi Alonso (born 1954), Spanish footballer *

Rafael Salazar Alonso Rafael Salazar Alonso (27 December 1895 - 23 September 1936) was a Spanish lawyer, newspaper proprietor and politician who engaged in left-wing and right-wing politics. He was the mayor of Madrid and a government minister. He was executed by ...

(1895–1936), Spanish politician, lawyer, and newspaper mogul, served as mayor of Madrid * 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

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{{given name, type=both Spanish masculine given names Spanish-language surnames Surnames of Spanish origin

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