I want to know the back ground of my last name ESPINOZA ?

Question

does anyone have any websites that can help me without having to pay?

Answer 1

check out Espinoza Surname Origin & Family History

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx...

I googled Espinoza Genealogy and Espinoza Heritage and a lot of information came up.

If you are looking to build a family tree you can use ancestry for free to build it or genealogy.com

Also check out distant cousins, there are a lot of sites that will give you free information. I am sure you could look at old posts here too and find more.

Good luck in your search. Bonnie

Answer 2

This is probably the origin of your last name but not necessarily the origin of your own ancestors.

Espinoza    

Last name origin & meaning:

South American spelling of Spanish Espinosa; the spelling with -z- represents a voiced pronunciation heard in some Latin-American countries, whereas in Castilian Spanish it now has an unvoiced -s-.

Espinosa  

Last name origin & meaning:

Spanish: habitational name from any of the numerous places named Espinosa, from a collective form of espina ‘thorn’.