apellido
Spanish, noun
apellido is spelled A-P-E-L-L-I-D-O (8 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,549th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apellido is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “surname, last name” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of apellidar. With an accent, apellidó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of apellidar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dícese del nombre de familia, con el cual se identifican a las personas”.
What does apellido mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurname, last name
- 2
masculinea trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person; an appellation
«Rápido» es mi apellido.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of apellidar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of apellidar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dícese del nombre de familia, con el cual se identifican a las personas 2. Mote, apodo o sobrenombre.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apellido
- apellidos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to apellido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apellido in Spanish?
apellido appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).