Meaning and formation
Lopez means “son of Lope”. The Spanish surname López combines the personal name Lope with the patronymic suffix -ez. It has an accent on ó in Spanish, while Philippine families commonly use Lopez without that mark. The surname was borrowed into Tagalog and Cebuano. One Philippine family bearing it is associated with Iloilo and includes Fernando Lopez, who served as vice president under Elpidio Quirino and Ferdinand Marcos. His brother Eugenio Lopez Sr. built businesses in broadcasting and electricity, and their family became associated with ABS-CBN and Meralco.
Spelling variants
- López · Spelling source ↗
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /ˈlopes/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Cebuano: /ˈlopes/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /ˈlopeθ/ · /ˈlopes/ · Wiktionary ↗
In the 1849 Catálogo transcription
The linked transcription records the following spelling and page position. Open the edition link to locate the printed page.
- lopez · page 77 · column 5 · row 35 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Lopez has 29 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.
OpenHalalan — 2001 ↗Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts
Related given-name entries
The given-name catalogue has separate entries with the same spelling. Each page explains its own given-name use and sources.