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
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(frequency 1:222), 26.1% of
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
(1:832), 8.3% of
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
(1:242), 7.0% of
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
(1:1,061), 4.8% of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
(1:7,502), 4.5% of the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
(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
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
(1:736), 1.3% of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
(1:9,082) and 1.1% of
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
(1:549).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:222) in the following regions:
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* 1. Asturias
Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...
(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
Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...
(1:96)
* 4. Galicia (1:125)
* 5. Basque Country (1:145)
* 6. La Rioja
La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and N ...
(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
The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (''Meseta Central''). Its capital and largest munici ...
(1:171)
First name
* Alonso del Castillo Maldonado
Alonso del Castillo Maldonado (died after 1547) was an early Spanish explorer in the Americas. He was one of the last four survivors of the Pánfilo de Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza and ...
, Spanish explorer of the 16th century
* Alonso Fernández Álvarez
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 (1:83 ...
(born 1982), Costa Rican male model
* Alonso López (disambiguation) Alonso López may refer to:
* Alonso López (boxer) (born 1986), Mexican flyweight boxer
* Alonso López (footballer) (born 1957), Colombian footballer
* Alonso López (motorcyclist)
Alonso López González (born 21 December 2001) is a Spanish ...
, several people
* Alonso Fernández de Lugo
Alonso Fernández de Lugo (; died 1525) was a Spanish military man, conquistador, city founder, and administrator. He conquered the islands of La Palma (1492–1493) and Tenerife (1494–1496) for the Castilian Crown; they were the last of the C ...
(1450s–1525), Spanish conquistador
* Alonso Manrique de Lara
Alfonso or Alonso Manrique de Lara y Solís (Segura de León, Badajoz, 1476 – Seville, 28 September 1538) was a Spanish churchman.
Biography
Manrique was born in Segura de León in Badajoz, apparently a son from the third marriage of the famous ...
(1476–1538), Spanish cardinal
* Alonso Ferreira de Matos
Alonso Ferreira de Matos (born 11 August 1980 in Montes Claros), simply known as Alonso is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for Villa Nova Atlético Clube.
He signed with Marítimo for the Portuguese outfit from rivals C.D. Nac ...
(born 1980), Brazilian footballer
* Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra (c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar-shaped string instrument. He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer ...
(1510–1580), Spanish composer and vihuelist
* Alonso Pérez
Alonso Pérez (''fl.'' 1881–1914) was a Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Sp ...
( 1881–1914), Spanish painter
* Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda (; 1494–1520) was a Spanish conquistador and cartographer who was the first to prove the insularity of the Gulf of Mexico by sailing around its coast. In doing so he created the first map to depict what is now Texas an ...
(1494–1520), Spanish explorer and cartographer
* Martín Alonso Pinzón
Martín Alonso Pinzón, (; Palos de la Frontera, Huelva; c. 1441 – c. 1493) was a Spanish mariner, shipbuilder, navigator and exploration, explorer, oldest of the Pinzón brothers. He sailed with Christopher Columbus on his Voyages of Christoph ...
(1441–1493), Spanish navigator
* Alonso Solís
Alonso Jorge Solís Calderón (born October 14, 1978) is a Costa Rican retired footballer and singer who played for Saprissa as attacking midfielder or striker.
Club career
Known as ''El Mariachi'', Solís made his professional debut for Sap ...
(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
is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...
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* Alonso, King of Naples, fictitious character in Shakespeare's '' The Tempest''
Surname
* Alejandro Alonso (musician)
Alejandro Alonso (14 August 1952 – 31 January 2022) was a Mexican Christian guitar player, singer and composer.
Life and career Early years
Alonso was born on August 14, 1952, in his grandfather's house in Querétaro, Mexico. He began his ...
(born 1952), Latin-American musician
* Alejandro Alonso (footballer)
Alejandro César Alonso (born 3 March 1982) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Having started his career with Club Atlético Huracán in Argentina, he went on play to for Girondins de Bordeaux, AS Monaco, ...
(born 1982), Argentinian football player
* Alfredo Alonso
Alfredo Alonso is a retired Cuba-born media executive. He held senior management positions in Spanish-language media publishing, radio broadcasting, television production, corporate event management and restaurateur. He is known as an innovator of ...
, Cuban media executive
* Alicia Alonso
Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920 – 17 October 2019) was a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955. She is best ...
(1920–2019), Cuban ballerina and choreographer
* América Alonso
María Golajovski Zaira (4 December 1936 – 14 May 2022), better known as América Alonso, was a Venezuelan actress. She had an artistic career of more than four decades, acting in Telenovela, telenovelas, theater and films.
Career
She was t ...
(1936–2022), Venezuelan actress
* Antonella Alonso
Antonella Alonso (born 9 June 1990), also known for her stage name LaSirena69, is a Venezuelan pornographic actress.
Biography
Alonso was born in Caracas and studied social communication for a couple of semesters at the Santa María University ...
(born 1990), Venezuelan pornographic actress
* Armando Alonso (born 1984), Costa Rican footballer
* Axel Alonso
Axel Alonso () is an American comic book creator and former journalist, best known as the former editor in chief at Marvel Comics, a role which he held from January 2011 until November 2017.Marston, George (November 17, 2017)"AXEL ALONSO Out, CB C ...
, American comic book creator best known as the former Editor-in-Chief at Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...
* 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 (born 1971), Canadian Musician
* Clara Alonso (model) (born 1987), Spanish model
* Constanza Alonso
Constanza María "Coty" Alonso (born 2 February 1986) is an Argentine politician who sits in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for the Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political part ...
(born 1986), Argentine politician
* Dámaso Alonso
Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards.
Early life and ed ...
(1898–1990), Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic
* Daniella Alonso
Daniella Alonso is an American actress and former fashion model. She has appeared in a number of horror films, including ''The Hills Have Eyes 2'' and '' Wrong Turn 2: Dead End''. Alonso was a regular cast member in the NBC post-apocalyptic seri ...
(born 1978), American actress
* Diego Alonso (born 1975), Uruguayan footballer
* Edu Alonso (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 w ...
(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) (1914–2013), Cuban ballet dancer
* Francisco Alonso
Francisco Alonso López (9 May 1887 – 18 May 1948) was a Spanish composer of popular theatre music and zarzuelas.Vincent J. Cincotta - Zarzuela, the Spanish lyric theatre: a complete reference 2003 "During his 48-year career, Alonso compose ...
(1887–1948), Spanish composer
* Iván Alonso
Iván Daniel Alonso Vallejo (born 10 April 1979) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a striker.
Gifted with an excellent aerial ability, he was most noted for his Alavés stint, and spent the bulk of his professional career in Spai ...
(born 1979), Uruguayan footballer
* Jessica Alonso Bernardo
Jessica Alonso Bernardo (born 20 September 1983 in Gijón) is a former Spanish handball player, who was of the Spanish women's national team.
She was part of the Spanish team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Spanis ...
(born 1983), Spanish handball player
* José Alonso (athlete) (born 1957), Spanish athlete
* José Alonso (actor)
José Alonso (born José Alonso Zepeda Palacios; 18 November 1947 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican film and telenovela actor.
Awards Ariel Awards
The Ariel Awards are awarded annually by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences in Mexic ...
(born 1947), Mexican actor
* José Alonso (trade unionist)
José Alonso (February 6, 1917August 27, 1970) was an Argentine politician and trade-unionist.
Early life
José Alonso was born in the Montserrat section of Buenos Aires, in 1917. The son of a Spanish tailor, he dedicated himself to the same ...
(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
José Antonio Alonso Suárez (28 March 1960 – 2 February 2017) was a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician, cabinet minister and judge. He was born in León.
A jurist (judge since 1985 after graduating from the University of Leo ...
(1960–2017), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician
* José Ángel Alonso (born 1989), Spanish footballer
* Juan Alonso Juan Alonso may refer to:
* Juan Alonso (footballer, born 1927), Spanish footballer
* Juan Alonso (footballer, born 1998), Mexican footballer
* Juan Alonso, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a barrio in the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
See also
...
(1927–1994), Spanish footballer
* Julián Alonso
Julián Alonso Pintor (born 2 August 1977) is a Spanish-American former professional tennis player, who turned professional in 1995 and retired in 2003. He was known in tennis because of his powerful serve and Forehand compared with the Goran I ...
(born 1977), Spanish tennis player
* Júnior Alonso
Júnior Osmar Ignacio Alonso Mujica (born 9 February 1993) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays either as a centre back or a left back for Russian Premier League club Krasnodar and the Paraguay national team.
Club career Lille
Alonso joine ...
(born 1993), Paraguayan football player
* Kiko Alonso
Kristian "Kiko" Alonso (born August 14, 1990) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
After a stellar rookie season with the Bills, Alonso missed his second season ...
(born 1990), American football linebacker
* Laura Alonso (soprano)
Laura Alonso Padín (born 2 January 1976), known as Laura Alonso, is a Spanish operatic soprano. She began her career in 1999 when she became a member of the Aalto Theatre in Essen, Germany. She has appeared as a guest artist with major theatre ...
, Spanish operatic soprano
* Laura Alonso (politician), Argentine politician
* Laz Alonso Laz or LAZ may refer to:
People
* Laz people of the Black Sea area
**Laz language
First name
* Laz Alonso (born 1975), American actor
* Laz Barrera (1924–1991), Cuban-born American racehorse trainer
* Laz-D (born 1982), American rapper
*Laz Dí ...
(born 1974), American actor
* Lisandro Alonso
Lisandro Alonso (born 2 June 1975) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He has directed six feature-length films and a short film since 2001 and is loosely associated with the ''New Argentine Cinema'' movement. His film '' La libertad ...
(born 1975), Argentine filmmaker
* Luís Alonso Pérez
Luís Alonso Pérez, also known as Lula (1 March 1922 – 15 June 1972), was a Brazilian football manager, notably managing Santos from 1954 to 1966.
Lula is known as one of the most successful Brazilian football managers.
Career
Born in Santos ...
(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
Marcos Alonso Imaz (16 April 1933 – 6 March 2012), nicknamed Marquitos, was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his participation in Real Madrid's five European Cup conquests, mainly in the 1950s.
Club ca ...
(1933–2012), Spanish footballer
* Marcos Alonso Peña
Marcos Alonso Peña (born 1 October 1959) is a Spanish retired football player and manager. Known simply as Marcos in his playing days, he played mainly as a right winger but appeared also as a forward. He amassed La Liga totals of 302 games ...
(born 1959), Spanish footballer
* Marcos Alonso Mendoza
Marcos Alonso Mendoza (born 28 December 1990) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for La Liga club FC Barcelona, Barcelona and the Spain national football team, Spain national team.
...
(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 (1909–2011), Spanish professor, philologist, essayist
* Miguel Ángel Alonso
Miguel Ángel 'Periko' Alonso Oyarbide (born 1 February 1953) is a Spanish former football midfielder and manager.
In his professional career he played mainly for Real Sociedad (five years) and Barcelona (three), amassing La Liga totals of 27 ...
, Spanish former football midfielder and manager
* Mikel Alonso
Mikel Alonso Olano (, ; born 17 May 1980) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
He spent most of his career at Real Sociedad, making 110 appearances and scoring four goals over seven seasons. He totalled 132 games and thr ...
(born 1980), Spanish footballer
* Mónica Alonso
Mónica Alonso (born 19 May 1998) is a Spanish former rhythmic gymnast who was a member of Spain’s national group. In 2012 she was the national junior champion.
Personal life
Alonso was born in the Madrid town of Alcalá de Henares, she ha ...
(born 1998), Spanish rhythmic gymnast
* Noel Alonso
Noel Alonso Pérez (born 19 March 1987 in Gijón, Asturias) is a Spanish professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association ...
(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
Osvaldo Alonso Moreno (born November 11, 1985) is a Cuban professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Atlanta United FC in Major League Soccer (MLS). He defected from Cuba in 2007 and became a U.S. citizen in 2012. ...
(born 1985), Cuban footballer
* Pete Alonso
Peter Morgan Alonso (born December 7, 1994), nicknamed "Polar Bear" and "Big Meat Pete"," is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut during the 2019 season and br ...
(born 1994), American baseball player
* Pichi Alonso
Àngel "Pichi" Alonso Herrera (born 17 December 1954) is a Spanish retired football striker and manager.
A player with a prolific scoring rate, though he never won the Pichichi Trophy, he represented, amongst others, both Barcelona major clubs ...
(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 Tomás N. Alonso (1881 – 1962) is a well-known Cebuano Visayan writer. He published the first complete Cebuano translation of Jose Rizal
Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically lin ...
(1881–1962), Filipino writer
* William Alonso
William Alonso (January 29, 1933 – February 11, 1999) was an Argentinian-born American planner and economist.
He was born in Buenos Aires but moved to the United States in 1946 during the Perón regime with his father Amado Alonso, a leading ...
(1933–1999), Argentinian-American economist
* Xabi Alonso
Xabier Alonso Olano (, ; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish football coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his hom ...
(born 1981), Spanish footballer
* Yonder Alonso
Yonder Alonso (born April 8, 1987) is a Cuban former professional baseball first baseman and current MLB Network analyst. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Cl ...
(born 1987), Cuban baseball player
See also
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* Alonzo
Alonzo is both a given name and a Spanish surname. Notable people with the name include:
Mononym
*Alonzo (rapper), French singer and hip hop artist, formerly Segnor Alonzo of Psy 4 de la Rime
Given name
*Alonzo de Barcena, 16th-century Spani ...
, a given name and surname
* Alfonso
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...
, a male given name
References
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Spanish masculine given names
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