Meaning and formation
Perez means “son of Pedro”. It comes from Spanish Pérez, a patronymic surname formed with the personal name Pedro and the ending -ez. The Spanish spelling has an accent on é, while the Philippine form is commonly written Perez without the accent. Both Tagalog and Cebuano borrowed the surname from Spanish. It also appears as a Philippine place name: the municipality of Perez in Quezon was named after Felimon Perez, a governor of Tayabas. Philippine bearers in entertainment include the television presenter Amy Perez and the actress Barbara Perez.
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /ˈpeɾes/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Cebuano: /ˈpeɾes/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /ˈpeɾeθ/ · /ˈpeɾes/ · Wiktionary ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Perez has 47 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