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Alonso is a Spanish name of
Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of Adalfuns .
[1] The original
Visigothic name
Alfonso suffered the
phonetic change of the phoneme /f/ into the mute /h/ in the
Early Middle Ages (around 9th Century),
[2] what eventually suppressed the sound /f/ from the name, deriving in the modern form Alonso . Due to the demographic particularities of the
Iberian peninsula during the Middle Ages , this phonetic change was not uniform across the territory and the original form Alfonso also survived in different areas. Therefore, today both forms of the name coexists in Spanish speaking countries.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 36.6% of all known bearers of the surname Alonso were residents of
Spain (frequency 1:222), 26.1% of
Mexico (1:832), 8.3% of
Cuba (1:242), 7.0% of
Argentina (1:1,061), 4.8% of
Brazil (1:7,502), 4.5% of the
United States (1:14,083), 2.5% of
Colombia (1:3,318), 1.7% of
Paraguay (1:736), 1.3% of
France (1:9,082) and 1.1% of
Uruguay (1:549).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:222) in the following regions:
[3]
First name
Alonso del Castillo Maldonado , Spanish explorer of the 16th century
Alonso Fernández Álvarez (born 1982), Costa Rican male model
Alonso López (disambiguation) , several people
Alonso Fernández de Lugo (1450s–1525), Spanish conquistador
Alonso Manrique de Lara (1476–1538), Spanish cardinal
Alonso (footballer) (Alonso Ferreira de Matos) (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
Alonso Mudarra (1510–1580), Spanish composer and vihuelist
Alonso Pérez (
fl. 1881–1914), Spanish painter
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (1494–1520), Spanish explorer and cartographer
Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441–1493), Spanish navigator
Alonso Solís (born 1978), Costa Rican footballer
Alonso de Solís , Spanish explorer and governor of Florida in 1576
Alonso de Ercilla (1533–1594), Spanish soldier and poet
Alonzo Wilcox (1810–1878), American politician
Alonso Quixano, the fictitious hero of
Don Quixote
Alonso, King of Naples, fictitious character in Shakespeare's
The Tempest
Surname
Alejandro Alonso (musician) (1952–2022), Latin-American musician
Alejandro Alonso (footballer) (born 1982), Argentinian football player
Alfredo Alonso , Cuban media executive
Alicia Alonso (1920–2019), Cuban ballerina and choreographer
América Alonso (1936–2022), Venezuelan actress
LaSirena69 (Antonella Alonso) (born 1990), Venezuelan pornographic actress
Armando Alonso (born 1984), Costa Rican footballer
Axel Alonso , American comic book creator best known as the former Editor-in-Chief at
Marvel Comics
Braulio Alonso (1916–2010), American educator
Carlos Alonso (born 1971), Canadian Musician
Clara Alonso (model) (born 1987), Spanish model
Constanza Alonso (born 1986), Argentine politician
Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic
Daniella Alonso (born 1978), American actress
Diego Alonso (born 1975), Uruguayan footballer
Edu Alonso (born 1974), Spanish footballer
Ernesto Alonso (1917–2007), Mexican film director and producer
Fernando Alonso (born 1981), Spanish racing driver
Fernando Alonso (dancer) (1914–2013), Cuban ballet dancer
Francisco Alonso (1887–1948), Spanish composer
Iván Alonso (born 1979), Uruguayan footballer
Jessica Alonso Bernardo (born 1983), Spanish handball player
José Alonso (hurdler) (born 1957), Spanish hurdler
José Alonso (actor) (born 1947), Mexican actor
José Alonso (trade unionist) (1917–1970), Argentine trade-unionist
José María Alonso (1890–1979), Spanish tennis player
José Antonio Alonso (1960–2017), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician
José Ángel (footballer, born March 1989) (José Ángel Alonso) (born 1989), Spanish footballer
Juan Alonso (footballer, born 1927) (1927–1994), Spanish footballer
Julián Alonso (born 1977), Spanish tennis player
Júnior Alonso (born 1993), Paraguayan football player
Kiko Alonso (born 1990), American football linebacker
Laura Alonso (soprano) , Spanish operatic soprano
Laura Alonso (politician) , Argentine politician
Laz Alonso (born 1974), American actor
Lisandro Alonso (born 1975), Argentine filmmaker
Lula (footballer, born 1922) (Luís Alonso Pérez) (1922–1972), Brazilian football manager
Manuel A. Alonso Pacheco (1822–1889), Puerto Rican writer
Marquitos (footballer, born 1933) (Marcos Alonso Imaz) (1933–2012), Spanish footballer
Marcos Alonso (footballer, born 1959) (Marcos Alonso Peña) (1959–2023), Spanish footballer
Marcos Alonso (footballer, born 1990) (Marcos Alonso Mendoza) (born 1990), Spanish footballer
María Conchita Alonso (born 1957), Cuban singer and actress
María Rosa Alonso (1909–2011), Spanish professor, philologist, essayist
Marta García Alonso (born 1998)Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets , Spanish middle- and long-distance runner
Periko Alonso (Miguel Ángel Alonso), Spanish former football midfielder and manager
Mikel Alonso (born 1980), Spanish footballer
Mónica Alonso (born 1998), Spanish rhythmic gymnast
Noel Alonso (born 1987), Spanish footballer
Norberto Alonso (born 1953), Argentine footballer
Osvaldo Alonso (born 1985), Cuban footballer
Pete Alonso (born 1994), American baseball player
Pichi Alonso (born 1954), Spanish footballer
Rafael Salazar Alonso (1895–1936), Spanish politician, lawyer, and newspaper mogul, served as mayor of Madrid
Tomás N. Alonso (1881–1962), Filipino writer
Victoria Alonso (born 1965), Argentine film producer
William Alonso (1933–1999), Argentinian-American economist
Xabi Alonso (born 1981), Spanish footballer
Yonder Alonso (born 1987), Cuban baseball player
See also
References