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1 sie 2019 · According to Mexican naming conventions, a person’s first surname (Rodriguez, in this case) is the father’s first surname, and the second surname (Lopez, in this case) is the mother’s first surname. This graphic illustrates how parents pass on their first surnames to their children:
Until 2022, [2] instead of primer apellido (first surname) and segundo apellido (second surname), legally, the following expressions were used: apellido paterno (paternal surname) and apellido materno (maternal surname).
22 paź 2021 · Often, the practice is to use one given name and the first surname most of the time (e.g. "Miguel de Unamuno" for Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo); the complete name is typically reserved for legal, formal, and documentary matters.
22 paź 2024 · Hereditary surnames were well-established when Spaniards brought them to Mexico. The typical Spanish name has four parts: first given name, second given name, father's surname, and mother's surname. When a woman marries a man, she keeps her maiden surname.
10 lut 2022 · When a person is born in a Hispanic country and their parents fill out their birth certificate, they must give the child two “apellidos.” Typically, the child will get their first family name from their father and the second one from their mother (note that Hispanic women don’t tend to change their name to match their husband’s).
certificates for A and B was ordered, so that the surnames appear in the order desired by the parents, i.e., the paternal surname of the mother first and the paternal surname of the father second.
Sometimes women are identified in Mexican records and U.S. immigration and naturalization records with the preposition “de” (of) adding their husband’s paternal surname to theirs (example: Maria Nieto de Robledo or Maria Nieto Compeán de Robledo).
