Huertas
A Spanish surname meaning “orchards” or “market gardens,” originally applied to someone who lived by or worked on such land.
The #7,816 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 72,903 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Huertas is the plural of Spanish huerta, meaning a garden, orchard, or irrigated plot of land. Huerta comes from Latin hortus, “garden,” with the Spanish word developing in medieval Iberia to refer especially to fertile cultivated land. As a surname, Huertas likely began as a topographic name for someone living near orchards or market gardens, or from a place named for such land.
History
The surname is especially common in Spanish-speaking regions and in Hispanic communities abroad, with strong presence in Spain and Latin America. It appears in many toponymic forms, since huerta is a common place-name element throughout the Spanish world. In the United States it is borne largely by families of Hispanic origin.
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Fun fact
The word huerta is still used in modern Spanish for a productive garden or irrigated farming area, especially in eastern and southeastern Spain.