Jerez
A surname taken from the Spanish city of Jerez, originally used to identify someone from that place.
The #8,137 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 75,784 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Jerez is a habitational surname, meaning it comes from a place name rather than a personal characteristic or trade. In Spanish, it points to someone from Jerez, most famously Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia. The place-name itself goes back through Arabic and earlier forms, and is historically connected with the name of the city long before it became a surname.
History
As a surname, Jerez would have begun as a local identifier for people who left the town or were known by their origin. It is found in Spanish-speaking regions and later in the Americas through Spanish migration. Because the surname is also identical to the place name, it often signals Andalusian or broader Spanish ancestry rather than a single family line.
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Fun fact
The city of Jerez gave its name not only to surnames but also to sherry, since English "sherry" comes from an old form of Jerez.
From the historical record
“Amador Olivos Pedro N Pinto Javier Jerez Manuel Pinto Pedro 2.” Pinto Ernesto Briones”
— Diccionario de los apellidos