<Tr> <Th> Variant (s) </Th> <Td> Lopes (Portuguese), Lupo (Italian), Loup (French), Lupu (Romanian) Lòpez (Mexico) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Footnotes: Frequency comparisons: </Td> </Tr> <P> López is a surname of Spanish origin . It was originally a patronymic, meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf". The surname is first attested in Old Castile in the heart of Spain, where the name originated in Visigothic times; however, the name is not of Germanic origin . Its Portuguese equivalent is Lopes, its Italian equivalent is Lupo, its French equivalent is Loup (or Leu), its Romanian equivalent is Lupu or Lupescu and its Valencian equivalent is Llopis . López is the most common Spanish surname in the United Kingdom . </P> <Ul> <Li> Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican president </Li> <Li> Alfonso López Caballero, Colombian politician </Li> <Li> Alfonso López Michelsen, President of Colombia </Li> <Li> Alfonso López Pumarejo, President of Colombia </Li> <Li> Alfonso H. Lopez, American politician </Li> <Li> Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politician </Li> <Li> Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794--1876), Mexican general and dictator </Li> <Li> Antonio López - Istúriz White, Spanish politician member of the European Parliament </Li> <Li> Augustine Lopez, American politician </Li> <Li> Carlos Antonio López, Paraguayan president </Li> <Li> Francisco Solano López, Paraguayan president </Li> <Li> Fernando Lopez, Filipino politician </Li> <Li> Eleazar López Contreras, Venezuelan president </Li> <Li> Hermógenes López, Venezuelan president </Li> <Li> James Lopez Watson, American judge and politician </Li> <Li> José López Portillo, Mexican president </Li> <Li> José López Rega, Argentina's Minister of Social Welfare </Li> <Li> Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Spanish politician </Li> <Li> Kamala Lopez, Venezuelan actress, director, and political activist </Li> <Li> Leopoldo López, Venezuelan politician </Li> <Li> Marco Lopez, American politician </Li> <Li> Margarita López, Portorican politician </Li> <Li> Narciso López, Venezuelan militar and politician </Li> <Li> Oswaldo López Arellano, President of Honduras from 1963--1971 and 1972--1975 </Li> <Li> Patxi Lopez, Basque socialist politician </Li> <Li> Pero López de Ayala, Spanish statesman </Li> <Li> Ricardo López Murphy, Argentine economist and politician </Li> <Li> Adelardo López de Ayala, Spanish politician </Li> <Li> Iñigo López de Mendoza, first Marquis of Santillana, soldier, politician and poet in Medieval Spain </Li> </Ul>

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