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Patronymic surname · Spanish

Gutiérrez

"son of Gutierre"

Say it

goo-TYEH-res

Where it comes from

Gutierre (Germanic Walter: wald rule + heri army) + -ez (son of)

Meaning of the surname Gutiérrez

Gutiérrez is a Spanish surname of the patronymic type meaning "son of Gutierre". It is one of the 50 most common surnames in Mexico. Nineteenth in Mexico.

Formed from a father's given name with the suffix -ez, -es, or -iz, meaning 'son of'. Hernández is the son of Hernando, Martínez the son of Martín. About half of the most common Mexican surnames are patronymics.

In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Gutiérrez appears as either half of a pair: Gutiérrez García, López Gutiérrez. Read how the two-surname system works.

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