Hinojos
A Spanish surname most likely referring to a place associated with fennel.
The #8,274 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 77,071 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Hinojos is a Spanish surname tied to the word hinojo, meaning 'fennel,' from Latin fenuculum / feniculum. As a surname, it most likely began as a locational name for someone from a place called Hinojos or from an area where fennel grew abundantly. In Spain, surnames of this type often came from village names, field names, or distinctive local features.
History
The surname is especially associated with the Spanish-speaking world and is also found in Latin America and among Hispanic communities in the United States. It may be linked to the Spanish town of Hinojos in Huelva, which helps explain its locational form. The plural-looking ending does not usually change the basic meaning; it is part of the place-name tradition rather than a separate grammatical sense in the surname.
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Fun fact
There is a municipality called Hinojos in the province of Huelva, Spain, which may be one of the places behind the surname.