Culture of Gibraltar - Surnames

Surnames

Many Gibraltarians have names that reflect their mixed British and Mediterranean heritage usually with British first names like Keith, Kyle, Nigel, James, John, Marie, Natalie, Samantha, etc. with surnames originating from all over the Mediterranean and beyond. Surnames in Gibraltar include those originating from:

Genoa

E.g. Alecio, Bossano, Bottaro, Canessa, Cavilla, Culatto, Danino, Felice, Ferrary, Ferro, Galliano, Imossi, Isola, Lavarello, Licudi, Massetti, Montegriffo, Olivero, Parody, Passano, Pitaluga, Pizzarello, Povedano, Ramo, Risso

India

E.g. Aswani, Budhrani, Karnani, Kumar, Mahtani

Malta

E.g. Attard, Azzopardi, Borg, Buhagiar, Buttigieg, Calleja, Canepa, Camilleri, Caruana, Debbatista Farrugia, Mifsud, Robba, Sant, Spiteri, Teuma, Xerri, Zammit

Portugal

E.g. Britto, Coelho, Correia, Gonçalves, Mascarenhas, Netto, Oliveira, Tavares

Sephardic Jewish

E.g. Abudarham, Attias, Belilo, Benady, Benamor, Cohen, Federico, Gabay, Hassan, Levy, Serfaty, Serruya, Wahnon

Spain

E.g. Asquez, Borrell, Garcia, Gomez, Gonzalez, Lopez, Linares, Mañasco, Martinez, Ocaña, Ramirez, Reyes, Rodriguez, Sanchez, Santos, Vallejo

United Kingdom

E.g. Corby, Crisp, Feetham, Finlayson, Francis, Hook, Holmes, Jones, Randall, Richardson, Tewkesbury

Republic of Ireland

E.g. Fitzgerald