Belizean Last Name Generator

Kriol, Mestizo, Maya, Garifuna and Mennonite surnames

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Browse 900 surnames carried in Belize, one family name per entry: Kriol names like Tillett, Usher and Myvett, Mestizo names like Novelo and Ayuso, Maya names such as Cawich, Coc and Choc, Garifuna names like Palacio and Arzu, and Mennonite names like Friesen and Reimer.

About Belizean last names

Most Belizeans go by one family name, a habit kept from the years as British Honduras, so single surnames are the natural unit here. This page lists 900 of them, one per entry, where the Belizean name generator deals full names. The entries carry no community labels, because many surnames are shared: Castillo and Martinez belong to Mestizo and Garifuna families alike.

The Kriol stock is largely British in origin, with Tillett, Usher, Gillett and Flowers beside names that Belizeans know as their own, such as Myvett, Waight, Gabourel, Robateau and Longsworth. Spanish surnames lead in the north and west, from Novelo, Ayuso and Rosado to the names of later Central American settlers like Menjivar and Galdamez. Yucatec Maya surnames such as Cawich, Dzul, Pech and Canul sit beside them, while the Mopan and Q'eqchi' villages of Toledo use short names like Coc, Choc, Bol, Pop and Teul. Garifuna families of the southern coast include Palacio, Arzu, Ciego and Lambey, and the Mennonite farming colonies add Low German names like Friesen, Reimer, Dueck and Plett.

Spelling follows Belizean usage. Accent marks are dropped, as in Gonzalez and Mendez, and English record keeping reshaped several Maya names: Cawich, Uck, Mesh and Sho are written Cauich, Uc, Mex and Xo across the border.

How to choose Belizean last names

Match the surname to the district. Tillett, Flowers and Gillett suit Belize City and the Belize River villages, Novelo, Ayuso and Cawich suit Corozal and Orange Walk, Coc, Choc and Sho suit Toledo, Palacio, Arzu and Lambey suit Dangriga and the southern coast, and Friesen and Reimer suit Spanish Lookout.
Pair one surname with a given name. A two-surname form in the Spanish style is possible for a Spanish-speaking family, but it is less common in Belize than in Guatemala or Mexico.
Write Spanish surnames without accent marks, the way Belizean records tend to: Gongora, Galvez, Mejia. The letter ñ is sometimes kept, as in Briceño, Nuñez and Magaña.
Do not read a person's background from a surname alone. Families marry across communities, a Garifuna family may be called Martinez or Flores, and many Maya families carry Spanish surnames.
For a story set in a small place, let surnames repeat. A Toledo village or a Mennonite colony shares a few dozen family names, so several households called Choc or Penner on one road is realistic.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most common last names in Belize?

No single community's names dominate. Spanish surnames such as Martinez, Garcia, Lopez, Hernandez and Castillo are widespread, and so are the British surnames Williams, Young, Smith and Jones. In Toledo the Maya names Coc and Choc are everyday names. All of these are in the list.

Which last names are typically Belizean?

Kriol surnames such as Tillett, Myvett, Waight, Gabourel, Robateau, Garbutt and Longsworth are the ones Belizeans tend to recognize first. Belizean spellings like Cawich, Uck and Mesh mark Maya families of the north and west. Garifuna surnames such as Arzu and Cayetano are also carried by Garifuna families in Guatemala and Honduras.

Why are there German names in a list of Belizean surnames?

Mennonite farmers began settling in Belize in 1958, most of them arriving from Mexico, and founded colonies such as Spanish Lookout, Shipyard and Blue Creek. Their Low German family names, among them Friesen, Reimer, Dueck, Penner, Thiessen and Wiebe, come from a small shared stock, so the same few dozen surnames repeat from colony to colony.

Is this a complete list of Belizean surnames?

No. It holds 900 surnames found in Belize and stops there instead of padding the count with doubtful entries. The list was de-duplicated and screened for filler, and it was not verified against Belizean records. A surname never proves anyone's ancestry or community.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 51 names

Abraham
Ack
Acosta
Adderley
Adolphus
Aguet
Aguilar
Aguirre
Aikman
Ake
Alamilla
Alamina
Alcoser
Aldana
Aleman
Alexander
Alfaro
Ali
Almendarez
Alonzo
Alpuche
Alvarado
Alvarez
Amaya
Ancona
Anderson
Andrewin
Anthony
Apolonio
Aragon
Arana
Aranda
Arceo
Arevalo
Arguelles
Argueta
Ariola
Arnold
Arthurs
Arzu
Ash
Assi
August
Augustine
Auxillou
Avila
Avilez
Awe
Ayala
Ayuso
Azueta

B: 83 names

Ba
Bacab
Badillo
Baeza
Bah
Bahadur
Bailey
Bain
Bainton
Baird
Baizar
Balam
Balderamos
Baltazar
Banegas
Banman
Banner
Baptist
Barahona
Bardalez
Barillas
Barkman
Barnett
Barrera
Barrientos
Barrow
Bartley
Batty
Batun
Bautista
Bedran
Bejerano
Belisle
Benavides
Benguche
Benitez
Benjamin
Bennett
Berg
Bergen
Bermudez

B, continued

Bernard
Bernardez
Betson
Bevans
Bhojwani
Blades
Blake
Blanco
Blease
Bo
Bobadilla
Bochub
Bodden
Bol
Bolon
Bonell
Bonilla
Bood
Borland
Bowen
Bowman
Brackett
Bradley
Brakeman
Braun
Bregal
Briceño
Broaster
Brodie
Brooks
Brown
Bryant
Budd
Budna
Bueckert
Bull
Burgess
Burgos
Burns
Burrell
Bush
Bustillos

C: 106 names

Caal
Caballero
Cabañas
Cabral
Cabrera
Cacho
Cadle
Cain
Cal
Calderon
Caliz
Camal
Camara
Campbell
Campos
Canche
Cano
Cansino
Canti
Canto
Canton
Cantun
Canul
Carballo
Carcamo
Card
Cardenas
Cardona
Carr
Carranza
Carrillo
Casanova
Casasola
Casey
Casimiro
Castañeda
Castellanos
Castillo
Castro
Cattouse
Catzim
Cawich
Cayetano
Centeno
Cervantes
Chable
Chacon
Chambers
Chan
Chang
Chanona
Charles
Chavannes

C, continued

Chavarria
Chavez
Chay
Chebat
Chee
Chen
Cherrington
Chi
Chiac
Chim
Chimilio
Chinchilla
Cho
Choc
Choco
Choto
Chub
Chuc
Chulin
Chun
Ciego
Clare
Clarke
Cleland
Clother
Cob
Coc
Cocom
Codd
Coh
Coleman
Colon
Conorquie
Constanza
Contreras
Cordova
Corea
Correa
Cortez
Courtenay
Cowo
Cox
Coy
Coye
Craig
Crawford
Cruz
Cucul
Cuellar
Cumberbatch
Cunil
Cus
Cuthkelvin

D: 28 names

Dakers
Daly
Dando
Daniels
Davis
Dawson
De la Rosa
De Leon
De Paz
Dean
Del Cid
Del Valle
Delgado
Dennison
Deras
DeShield
Diaz
Diego
Dillet
Doerksen
Domingo
Dominguez
Driedger
Dubon
Dueck
Duran
Dyck
Dzul

E: 26 names

Eagan
Ebanks
Eck
Edgell
Edwards
Eiley
Ek
Elias
Elijio
Ellis
Elrington
Emmanuel
Encalada
Enns
Enriquez
Erazo
Escalante
Escobar
Espat
Espejo
Espinosa
Esquivel
Estephan
Estrada
Eusey
Ewing

F: 31 names

Faber
Fabro
Fairweather
Faux
Fehr
Felix
Ferguson
Fernandez
Ferrufino
Figueroa
Finnegan
Fitzgibbon
Flores
Flota
Flowers
Folgarait
Fonseca
Ford
Forman
Francis
Francisco
Franco
Franklin
Franzua
Frazer
Friesen
Froese
Frutos
Fuentes
Fuller
Funez

G: 48 names

Gabb
Gabourel
Gabriel
Galdamez
Galvez
Gamez
Garay
Garbutt
Garcia
Gardiner
Garel
Garnett
Garoy
Garrido
Gaynair
Gegg
Gentle
Genus
Giesbrecht
Gilharry
Gill
Gillett
Giron
Gladden
Glenn
Godfrey
Godoy
Goertzen
Goff
Goldson
Gomez
Gongora
Gonguez
Gonzalez
Gordon
Gough
Graniel
Grant
Gray
Griffith
Grinage
Guenther
Guerra
Guerrero
Guevara
Gutierrez
Guy
Guzman

H: 40 names

Habet
Hall
Hamm
Hancock
Hanson
Harder
Harms
Harris
Haulze
Haylock
Haynes
Hegar
Heide
Hemmans
Hemsley
Hendy
Henriquez
Henry
Heredia
Hernandez
Herrera
Heusner
Hewlett
Hiebert
Higinio
Hildebrand
Hinds
Hinks
Hoare
Hofius
Holland
Hope
Hotchandani
Howard
Hoy
Hulse
Humes
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde

I: 7 names

Ical
Ico
Iglesias
Interiano
Isaacs
Ishim
Itza

J: 13 names

Jackson
Jacobs
James
Janzen
Jeffords
Jeffries
Jenkins
Jex
Jimenez
Johnson
Jones
Joseph
Juarez

K: 16 names

Keb
Kelly
Keme
King
Kirkwood
Klassen
Knelsen
Knight
Koop
Kornelsen
Kotch
Krahn
Kroeker
Ku
Kumul
Kuylen

L: 43 names

Labriel
Lacayo
Lamb
Lambey
Landaverde
Landero
Lanza
Lara
Lauriano
Lawrence
Leacock
Leal
Lee
Leiva
Lemott
Lemus
Lennen
Leslie
Letkeman
Lewis
Lightburn
Lima
Linarez
Lind
Lindo
Lino
Lisbey
Livingston
Lizama
Lizarraga
Lobos
Locke
Loewen
Logan
Longsworth
Lopez
Lord
Loredo
Loskot
Lovell
Lozano
Lucas
Luna

M: 93 names

Madrid
Madrill
Magaña
Magdaleno
Maheia
Mahler
Mahung
Mai
Makin
Maldonado
Mangar
Manzanero
Marchand
Mariano
Marin
Marroquin
Martens
Martin
Martinez
Maskall
Matura
Matus
Matute
May
Mayen
Mazariegos
McCaulay
McCord
McCulloch
McDonald
McDougal
McFadzean
McGregor
McKay
McKenzie
McKesey
McKoy
McNab
McSweaney
Medina
Medrano
Meggs
Meighan
Mejia
Melendez
Melhado

M, continued

Membreño
Mena
Mencias
Mendez
Mendoza
Menjivar
Menzies
Mes
Mesh
Michael
Middleton
Miguel
Milian
Miller
Mirab
Miralda
Miranda
Mis
Mitchell
Mo
Moguel
Moh
Molina
Monroy
Montalvo
Montejo
Montero
Montes
Moody
Moore
Morales
Moreira
Moreno
Morgan
Morris
Morter
Mossiah
Mucu
Mukul
Munnings
Muñoz
Murillo
Musa
Muschamp
Mutrie
Myers
Myvett

N: 19 names

Nah
Najarro
Najera
Nal
Narvaez
Navarrete
Navarro
Neal
Nembhard
Neudorf
Neufeld
Nicholas
Nicholson
Noble
Noh
Nolberto
Noralez
Novelo
Nuñez

O: 13 names

Obando
Ogaldez
Oh
Olivera
Ordoñez
Orellana
Orio
Orozco
Ortega
Ortiz
Oshon
Osorio
Ottley

P: 60 names

Pacheco
Padron
Paiz
Palacio
Palmer
Pandy
Panti
Panton
Paquiul
Parham
Parks
Pascascio
Pasos
Pat
Pate
Patnett
Patt
Patten
Pau
Paulino
Pavon
Paz
Pech
Peck
Pelayo
Peña
Penados
Pennell
Penner
Peraza
Perdomo
Perera
Perez
Perriott
Peters
Petillo
Peyrefitte
Phillips
Pilgrim
Pineda
Pinelo
Pinto
Pipersburgh
Pitts
Plett
Plummer
Pol
Polanco
Pollard
Polonio
Pook
Poot
Pop
Popper
Portillo
Pott
Pratt
Price
Puc
Puerto

Q: 6 names

Quallo
Quan
Quewell
Quib
Quilter
Quiroz

R: 41 names

Ramclam
Ramirez
Ramnarace
Ramos
Rancharan
Ranguy
Rash
Recinos
Redekop
Reimer
Rempel
Reneau
Requena
Reyes
Reynolds
Rhaburn
Rhamdas
Rhys
Richards
Rivas
Rivera
Rivero
Riverol
Robateau
Roberson
Roberts
Robinson
Roches
Rodas
Rodney
Rodriguez
Roe
Rogers
Romero
Rosado
Rosales
Rowland
Rowley
Ruano
Rudon
Ruiz

S: 65 names

Sabal
Sabido
Sabio
Safa
Sajia
Salam
Salas
Salazar
Saldivar
Salgado
Sam
Sampson
Samuels
Sanchez
Sandoval
Sanker
Sansores
Santana
Santos
Santoya
Saqui
Saravia
Savery
Sawatzky
Sawers
Schellenberg
Schmitt
Schroeder
Scott
Sealy
Seawell
Sebastian

S, continued

Sedacy
Seguro
Serano
Shal
Shepherd
Sho
Shol
Shoman
Siemens
Sikaffy
Silva
Sima
Simplis
Simpson
Singh
Skeen
Slusher
Smiling
Smith
Soberanis
Solis
Sosa
Spain
Staine
Stuart
Suazo
Sub
Supaul
Sutherland
Swasey
Swift
Sylvestre
Symns

T: 38 names

Tablada
Talbert
Tamai
Taylor
Teck
Teichroeb
Tejada
Tepaz
Terry
Tesecum
Teul
Thiessen
Thimbriel
Thomas
Thompson
Thurton
Tillett
Tingling
Tiul
Toews
Tolosa
Torres
Trapp
Trejo
Trujeque
Trumbach
Tucker
Tulcey
Tun
Turton
Tush
Tut
Tuyub
Tyndall
Tzalam
Tzec
Tzib
Tzul

U: 8 names

Uck
Uh
Ulloa
Umaña
Unger
Urbina
Urrutia
Usher

V: 22 names

Vairez
Valdez
Valentine
Valerio
Valladares
Vanegas
Vansen
Varela
Vargas
Vasquez
Vaughan
Vega
Vela
Velasquez
Vellos
Ventura
Verde
Vernon
Vides
Villafranco
Villanueva
Villatoro

W: 28 names

Wade
Wagner
Waight
Walker
Wall
Ward
Warrior
Weatherburne
Webster
Welch
Welcome
Wesley
Westby
White
Whittaker
Wiebe
Williams
Williamson
Willoughby
Wilson
Wiltshire
Witty
Witz
Wolfe
Wong
Woods
Woodye
Wright

Y: 7 names

Yam
Yama
Yaxcal
Yearwood
Yorke
Young
Ysaguirre

Z: 8 names

Zabaneh
Zacharias
Zaiden
Zaldivar
Zelaya
Zenon
Zetina
Zuniga