Salazar (surname)
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Salazar, sometimes spelled as Salasar, is a Basque
surname meaning old hall (from Castilian
Sala (hall) and Basque zahar (old)). The name originates from the town of the same name: Salazar, in northern Burgos
, Castile
. Although nowadays northern Burgos is not a Basque-speaking region, it was during the early Middle Ages when the surname appeared.
Its origins are also related to a certain noble family, the Salazars, that held a fief in the area. During the 10th century, the surname appears as mentioned in Navarre
, where it spread and there even exists a Salazar Valley
. It later also spread to the rest of the Basque Country, being specially common in Biscay
during the 15th century. During that time, Lope García de Salazar, a famous writer, took part in the Reconquista
of Cuenca
, where he was granted a fief and founded a notable family. Some of his descendants took part in the Conquest of America
, thus spreading the surname all through the Spanish Americas; others intermarried many noble families, and the surname spread all through the Iberian peninsula
.
Salazar is also a common surname among gypsies. Due to several census
es made in the Kingdom of Castile
during the 14th and 15th centuries, every Castilian subject was forced to take a name and two surnames. Gypsies, that used to call themselves only by a first name, decided to take surnames to add prestige to their families. They often chose surnames from among the oldest and most prestigious noble families, usually of Basque origin, thus it is extremely common to find gypsies with surnames such as Heredia, Salazar, Mendoza
or Montoya
.
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
surname meaning old hall (from Castilian
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Sala (hall) and Basque zahar (old)). The name originates from the town of the same name: Salazar, in northern Burgos
Burgos
Burgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...
, Castile
Castile (historical region)
A former kingdom, Castile gradually merged with its neighbours to become the Crown of Castile and later the Kingdom of Spain when united with the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Navarre...
. Although nowadays northern Burgos is not a Basque-speaking region, it was during the early Middle Ages when the surname appeared.
Its origins are also related to a certain noble family, the Salazars, that held a fief in the area. During the 10th century, the surname appears as mentioned in Navarre
Navarre
Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
, where it spread and there even exists a Salazar Valley
Salazar Valley
The Salazar Valley is a valley in the east of the Foral Community of Navarre in Spain. It lies within the Merindad of Zangoza-Sangüesa and within that, the Comarca of Roncal-Salazar. The Sierra de Abodi, part of the Western Pyrenees, forms the natural boundary in the north...
. It later also spread to the rest of the Basque Country, being specially common in Biscay
Biscay
Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao...
during the 15th century. During that time, Lope García de Salazar, a famous writer, took part in the Reconquista
Reconquista
The Reconquista was a period of almost 800 years in the Middle Ages during which several Christian kingdoms succeeded in retaking the Muslim-controlled areas of the Iberian Peninsula broadly known as Al-Andalus...
of Cuenca
Cuenca, Spain
-History:When the Iberian peninsula was part of the Roman Empire there were several important settlements in the province, such as Segóbriga, Ercávica and Gran Valeria...
, where he was granted a fief and founded a notable family. Some of his descendants took part in the Conquest of America
Conquest of America
Conquest of America was a 4 part television documentary miniseries produced by The History Channel in 2005 and premiered on Saturday April 2. The show documented the adventures of various European explorers who were key figures in the colonization of the Americas...
, thus spreading the surname all through the Spanish Americas; others intermarried many noble families, and the surname spread all through the Iberian peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
.
Salazar is also a common surname among gypsies. Due to several census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
es made in the Kingdom of Castile
Kingdom of Castile
Kingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. It emerged as a political autonomous entity in the 9th century. It was called County of Castile and was held in vassalage from the Kingdom of León. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region...
during the 14th and 15th centuries, every Castilian subject was forced to take a name and two surnames. Gypsies, that used to call themselves only by a first name, decided to take surnames to add prestige to their families. They often chose surnames from among the oldest and most prestigious noble families, usually of Basque origin, thus it is extremely common to find gypsies with surnames such as Heredia, Salazar, Mendoza
Mendoza (disambiguation)
Mendoza is a surname of Basque origin, also occurring as a place name. It means Cold Mountain, from words in the Basque language, mendi and otz + definite article '-a' . When related to Spain, it usually applies to the descendants of the Mendoza family, an old basque noble family originally from...
or Montoya
Montoya
Montoya is a Spanish surname. It originally comes from a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava, in theBasque region of northern Spain.During the Reconquista, it extended southwards throughout Castille and Andalusia....
.
Occurrence
The following is a list of people with the surname Salazar:- Abel SalazarAbel SalazarAbel de Lima Salazar , was a Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer and painter who worked and lived in Porto...
, a Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer and painter - Alberto SalazarAlberto SalazarAlberto Salazar is an American marathon runner of the 1980s. Born in Cuba, Salazar emigrated to the United States with his family. They ultimately moved to Wayland, Massachusetts, where Salazar competed in track and field in high school...
, U.S. distance runner - Alejandro SalazarAlejandro SalazarAlejandro Salazar is an American soccer player.-Biography:Salazar played college soccer at the University of Portland from 2002 to 2004, where he was named WCC Freshman of the Year as a freshman, and was the Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore...
, U.S. Soccer player - Alonso de SalazarAlonso de SalazarAlonso de Salazar was the Spaniard who discovered the Marshall Islands on August 21, 1526. De Salazar was in command of Santa Maria de la Victoria but is not known to have landed. He is believed to have sighted the Bokak Atoll...
, 16th century Spanish explorer - Alonso Salazar FriasAlonso Salazar FriasAlonso de Salazar Frías has been given the epithet "The Witches’ Advocate" for his role in establishing the conviction, within the Spanish Inquisition, that accusations against supposed witches were more often rooted in dreams and fantasy than in reality, and the inquisitorial policy that witch...
, instrumental in stopping the Spanish Inquisition - Ángel SalazarÁngel SalazarÁngel Salazar is a Cuban-American comedian and actor. He is internationally known for saying "Sheck it out" before, after, and during jokes...
, Cuban-American comedian and actor - Antonio de SalazarAntonio de Salazar (composer)Antonio de Salazar was a Mexican composer.Salazar arrived in New Spain in 1688 as chapel master of Puebla Cathedral, then later held his final position later at Mexico City Cathedral...
, Choirmaster of Cathdrals at PueblaPuebla CathedralPuebla Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Puebla, in Puebla, Mexico. It is a colonial cathedral, and is the see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles. The cathedral's bishop is Víctor Sánchez Espinosa...
(1679–1688) and Mexico City (1688–1715). - António de Oliveira SalazarAntónio de Oliveira SalazarAntónio de Oliveira Salazar, GColIH, GCTE, GCSE served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He also served as acting President of the Republic briefly in 1951. He founded and led the Estado Novo , the authoritarian, right-wing government that presided over and controlled Portugal...
, Prime Minister and Dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 - Antonio Sebastián de Toledo Molina y SalazarAntonio Sebastián de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of ManceraAntonio Sebastián de Toledo Molina y Salazar, 2nd Marquis of Mancera, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat who served as Viceroy of New Spain from October 15, 1664 to December 8, 1673.-Early life:...
, Viceroy of New Spain - Argenis Salazar, former Major League Baseball shortstop
- Arion SalazarArion SalazarArion Salazar is the former bassist for Third Eye Blind. Salazar was considered to be the most connected with the fans through the internet out of all the band members. He was previously in the Fremont, California band, Fungo Mungo.Salazar also played in a sessions band called Bullmark...
, bass guitar player for the band Third Eye Blind - Carlos Salazar CastroCarlos Salazar CastroCarlos Salazar Castro was a Central American military officer and Liberal politician. Briefly in 1834 he was provisional president of El Salvador, and in 1839 he was provisional president of Guatemala.He was born in 1800 in El Salvador to Gregorio Salazar and Francisca Castro y Lara...
, chief of state of El Salvador and Guatemala - Carlos Salazar, Filipino actor
- Carlos Gabriel Salazar, Argentine boxer
- Carlos Eduardo SalazarCarlos Eduardo SalazarCarlos Eduardo Salazar Paz is a Colombian footballer, who currently plays midfielder for the IPL side Sanat Mes Kerman FC. He played for teams of Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Chile and Iran.-Club career:...
, Colombian football player - Carlos SalazarCarlos Salazar (Argentine politician)Carlos Eduardo Salazar is a former Argentine Senator for Tucumán Province. He is a member of the Republican Force Tucumán , a political party founded by former general Antonio Bussi....
, Argentine politician - Carlos Salazar HerreraCarlos Salazar HerreraCarlos Salazar Herrera was born in San José, Costa Rica, where he attended primary and secondary school. At the age of 14, he received his first award for an essay entitled "El café"...
, Costa Rican writer - Cristina Díaz SalazarCristina DíazMaría Cristina Díaz Salazar is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party . She is the current municipal president of Guadalupe, Nuevo León.-Education and professional career:...
, Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party - Diego Fernando SalazarDiego Fernando SalazarDiego Fernando Salazar Quintero is a Colombian weightlifter, Olympic medalist and two times gold medal winner at the Pan American Games. He was born in Tuluá, Department of Valle del Cauca....
, Colombian weightlifter - Domingo de SalazarDomingo de SalazarDomingo de Salazar was a Spanish prelate. He became the first bishop of the see of Manila.He was born in La Rioja, in the village of La Bastarda on the banks of the Ebro, Spain.-External links:**...
, first bishop of the Episcopal See|see of Manila - Eliseo SalazarEliseo SalazarEliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a Chilean racing driver, and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix scoring a total of three championship points...
, Chilean racing driver - Elsa Salazar CadeElsa Salazar CadeElsa Salazar Cade is an award-winning Mexican American science teacher and entomologist.Elsa received her undergraduate degree in elementary education at the University of Texas at Austin and her master's in public school administration at Niagara University...
, entomologist - Emiliano Zapata SalazarEmiliano ZapataEmiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...
, a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution - Enrique Camarena SalazarEnrique CamarenaEnrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico July 26, 1947 - c. (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, February 9, 1985) was an undercover agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration who was abducted on...
, undercover agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration - Francisco Cervantes de SalazarFrancisco Cervantes de SalazarFrancisco Cervantes de Salazar was a Spanish man of letters.He was born and raised in Toledo. He first attended Alejo Venegas’s Grammar School and then studied at the University of Salamanca. In 1539 he accompanied Licenciado Pedro Giron to the Low Countries where he met, among other luminaries,...
, a 16th century Spanish intellectual - Francisco Javier Salazar SáenzFrancisco Javier Salazar SáenzFrancisco Javier Salazar Sáenz is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party . He was the Secretary of Labor from 2005 to 2006.-Education:...
, Mexican Secretary of Labor - Jeff SalazarJeff SalazarJeffrey Dewan Salazar is a Major League Baseball outfielder. He made his major league debut on September 7, ....
, a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks. - John SalazarJohn SalazarJohn Tony Salazar is the former Congressman for , serving from 2005 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Following his service in Congress, he was appointed as Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Governor John Hickenlooper in 2011.-Early life,...
, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado - Jorge Ibarra SalazarJorge Ibarra SalazarDr. Jorge Ibarra Salazar is a Mexican economist. He is a professor of Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization, and Public Finance at ITESM. He served as the General Director of Technical and Scientific Cooperation, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico under the Administration of...
, Mexican economist - José SalazarJosé Salazar-Achievements:-References:*...
, Venezuelan triple jumper - Julia Ana Salazar Huaman, Lima, Peru
- Juan de Oñate y SalazarJuan de OñateDon Juan de Oñate y Salazar was a Spanish explorer, colonial governor of the New Spain province of New Mexico, and founder of various settlements in the present day Southwest of the United States.-Biography:...
, 17th century Spanish explorer - Ken SalazarKen SalazarKenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar is the current United States Secretary of the Interior, in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez were the first Hispanic U.S...
, current U.S. Secretary of the Interior and former U.S. Senator from the state of Colorado - Luciana SalazarLuciana SalazarLuciana Salazar Ortega is a glamour model, singer and actress.-Biography:Salazar began as a model when; as a 4 year old she recorded her first television commercial....
, Argentinian model and actress - Luis SalazarLuis SalazarLuis Ernesto Salazar Garcia is a former third baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball, a right-handed batter who played from 1980 to 1992....
, former Major League Baseball infielder/outfielder - Manuel Salazar y BaquíjanoManuel Salazar y BaquíjanoManuel Salazar y Baquíjano count of Vistaflorida, was briefly the President of Peru from June to August 1827. His parents were José Antonio de Salazar y Breña and Francisca Baquíjano y Carrillo de Córdoba. José Baquíjano was Manuel Salazar's uncle....
, President of Peru in 1827 - Martha SalazarMartha SalazarMartha Salazar is an American female boxer. Salazar, whose global boxing ID is US-CA-061872, fights as a Heavyweight. She is the WIBF's world Heavyweight champion. Her nickname is "The Shadow"...
, American boxer - Max SalazarMax SalazarMax Salazar was an American musicologist specializing in the history of Latin music.His 2002 book "Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music In New York" contains a number of articles about the Mambo legend Tito Puente and over 200 other dance articles for the Village Voice, Latin Times, Billboard, etc.He was a...
, American journalist from New York of Puerto Rican descent specializing in the history of Latin music - Oscar Salazar (baseball)Oscar Salazar (baseball)Oscar Enrique Salazar is a Major League Baseball infielder.-Biography:Signed by Oakland as an amateur free agent in 1994, Salazar was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers in 2002, making his debut in that season.In one season as a backup with the Tigers, Salazar batted .190 with one home run...
, Major League Baseball second baseman - Oscar Salazar (taekwondo)Oscar Salazar (taekwondo)Óscar Salazar Blanco is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he received a silver medal in the 58 kg class...
, Olympic taekwondo athlete from Mexico - Ovidio SalazarOvidio SalazarOvidio Salazar is an American documentary filmmaker.A native of California, has been involved in documentary films for twenty years. After studying Theatre and Performance Art in Los Angeles and New York, his interest in Sufism took him to Europe and the Middle East. He studied Arabic and Islamic...
, documentary filmmaker - Rubén SalazarRuben SalazarRubén Salazar was a Mexican-American journalist killed by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles, California. During the 1970s, his killing was often cited as a symbol of unjust treatment of...
, reporter for the Los Angeles Times and KMEX-TV, Los Angeles - Vicente Lucio SalazarVicente Lucio SalazarVicente Lucio Salazar was President of Ecuador between 16 April 1895 and 1 September 1895.He became Vice President in 1894, and became President when Luis Cordero left office.-External links:*...
, President of Ecuador in 1895 - Vidal Salazar, scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR which main field of study is Aerosol-Cloud Interactions