Genealogy
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:13 pmI´ve been searching some interesting information about my family name, "Pérez", and after looking for it in several webs Ifound the following facts:
Fists of all, practically all of the authors agree with each others in the origin, the surname Perez is of Spanish origin and means “son of Pedro.” Pedro is the Spanish equivalent of the name Peter, which means “rock", curious, isn´t it? I didn´t belive my surname is so strong.
But there is a branch of autors who consider the origin of this surname could also be a variation of the Sephardic Jewish surname, Peretz. Peretz means “bursting forth,” and was borne by one of Jacob’s grandsons in the Old Testament.In the Sephardic tradition, Perez can be traced back to the 14th century in Spain, to a group of Iberian-born Jews who converted to Christianity.
Is not less interesting, and sure funny, the theory in base of which this surname may possibly be derived from the name of the pear tree, "peral."
There are a lot of people on the web with my surname, not only in Spain, where it is one of the most common surname, but even in the rest of the world are a many "descendents of Peter", so in my search I discover that Perez is as common surname as in the United States, ranked at number 44 on the list of most common surnames. The highest concentration of people with this last name is in California, followed closely by Texas, Florida and New York. Within California, Perez ranks as the 11th most common surname.In Argentina, Perez is the 7th most common surname, and in France, the 69th.
Although when I tried to find someone whit my name and my surnames the results obtained decreased, in spite of it is a very common name and surnames, I can´t find anyone named exactly as me, there are a lot of people with my name but with other surname, and people with one of my surnames but not with the other.
Fists of all, practically all of the authors agree with each others in the origin, the surname Perez is of Spanish origin and means “son of Pedro.” Pedro is the Spanish equivalent of the name Peter, which means “rock", curious, isn´t it? I didn´t belive my surname is so strong.
But there is a branch of autors who consider the origin of this surname could also be a variation of the Sephardic Jewish surname, Peretz. Peretz means “bursting forth,” and was borne by one of Jacob’s grandsons in the Old Testament.In the Sephardic tradition, Perez can be traced back to the 14th century in Spain, to a group of Iberian-born Jews who converted to Christianity.
Is not less interesting, and sure funny, the theory in base of which this surname may possibly be derived from the name of the pear tree, "peral."
There are a lot of people on the web with my surname, not only in Spain, where it is one of the most common surname, but even in the rest of the world are a many "descendents of Peter", so in my search I discover that Perez is as common surname as in the United States, ranked at number 44 on the list of most common surnames. The highest concentration of people with this last name is in California, followed closely by Texas, Florida and New York. Within California, Perez ranks as the 11th most common surname.In Argentina, Perez is the 7th most common surname, and in France, the 69th.
Although when I tried to find someone whit my name and my surnames the results obtained decreased, in spite of it is a very common name and surnames, I can´t find anyone named exactly as me, there are a lot of people with my name but with other surname, and people with one of my surnames but not with the other.