• Source: Salazar (surname)

Salazar is a surname meaning old farmhouse (from Basque Sarasaitzu [old], which then evolved to "Sarasaz," and then to the modern, Castillian form "Salazar"). The name originates from the valley of the same name: Salazar Valley, in Navarra, Spain. The surname started appearing during the early Middle Ages.
Its origins are also related to a certain noble family around the 10th century, the Salazars, that held a fief in the area. 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 the Americas, thus spreading the surname through Spanish America; others intermarried many noble families, and the surname spread all through the Iberian Peninsula.
Salazar is a common in Hispanic America because there were a number of Salazars among the early Spanish conquerors and settlers.
Salazar is also a common surname among Roma people. Due to several censuses made in the Kingdom of Castile during the 14th and 15th centuries, every Castilian subject was forced to take a name and two surnames. The Roma, who used to call themselves only by a first name, decided to take established surnames to add prestige to their families. They chose from among the oldest noble families, usually of Basque origin, thus it is extremely common to find Roma with surnames such as Heredia, Salazar, Mendoza, or Montoya.




People


Abel Salazar (actor) (1917–1995), Mexican actor, producer, and director
Abel Salazar (scientist) (1889–1946), Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer, and painter
Alberto Salazar (born 1958), American distance runner and athletics coach banned for life for emotional and sexual misconduct
Alejandro Salazar (born 1984), American soccer-player
Alexander Salazar (born 1949), Costa-Rican-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Alonso de Salazar (died 1526), Spanish explorer and discoverer of Marshall Islands
Alonso Salazar Frias (c. 1564–1636), Spanish opponent of witch-trials
Anaís (Ana Isabel Salazar, born 1974), Mexican actress
Ángel Salazar (born 1956), Cuban-American comedian and actor
Antonio de Salazar (composer) (c. 1650–1715), composer and choirmaster
António de Oliveira Salazar (1889–1970), Portuguese dictator, academic and politician
Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Mancera (c. 1608–1715), Viceroy of New Spain
Ángel Salazar (born 1956), Cuban-American comedian and actor
Ángel Salazar (baseball) (born 1961), former Major League Baseball shortstop
Ashley Salazar (born 1984),1st Ever Playboy Miss Social of The Year 2013, Model, Actress, Photographer, USAF Veteran, Philanthropist
Braulio Salazar (1917–2008), Venezuelan painter
Carlos Salazar (disambiguation), Argentine politician
César Salazar (born 1996), Mexican baseball player
Cristina Díaz Salazar (born 1958), Mexican politician
Danny Salazar (born 1990), Dominican professional baseball player
David Salazar, multiple people
Diana Salazar (born 1972), Mexican artist
Diego Salazar (born 1980), Colombian weightlifter
Domingo de Salazar (1512–1594), first bishop of Manila
Eliseo Salazar (born 1954), Chilean racing driver
Elsa Salazar Cade (born 1952), U.S. entomologist
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (1879–1919), Mexican Revolution leader
Evangelina Salazar (born 1946), Argentine actress
Fanny Zampini Salazar (1853–1931), Belgian-born Italian writer, editor, and lecturer
Flavio Salazar (born 1965), Chilean politician
Francisco Cervantes de Salazar (1514?–1575), Spanish theologian, writer, chronicler, and rector of the University of Mexico
Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz, Mexican Secretary of Labor
Francisco Salazar, Chilean handball-player
Gabriel Salazar (born 1936), Chilean historian
George Salazar (born 1986), American actor
Iván Salazar (born 1998), Uruguayan soccer-player
Jeff Salazar (born 1980), Major League Baseball outfielder
Jessica Salazar (born 1995), Mexican professional track cyclist
John Salazar (born 1953), American politician
Jorge Salazar (basketball) (born 1989), American wheelchair basketball player
Jorge Ibarra Salazar, Mexican economist
José Salazar (born 1957), Venezuelan triple jumper
José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (1750–1802), Mexican portrait painter
José Gregorio Salazar (1773–1838), general, politician, president of the Federal Republic of Central America
Juan de Oñate y Salazar (1550–1626), Spanish explorer, conquistador & governor of New Mexico
Juan de Salazar, maestre de campo in the Arauco War
Juana de Salazar, wife of governor of Chile Antonio de Acuña Cabrera
Juan García de Salazar (1639–1710), Spanish composer
Julia Salazar, American political activist
Kenneth Salazar (born 1955), U.S. Secretary of the Interior and former U.S. Senator from the state of Colorado
Liana Salazar (born 1992), Colombian footballer
Luciana Salazar (born 1980), Argentine model and actress
Luis Salazar (born 1956), former Major League Baseball infielder/outfielder
Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano (1777–1850), President of Peru in 1827
Maria Elvira Salazar (born 1961), TV anchor and Representative for Florida's 27th Congressional seat
Marina Saiz-Salazar (1930-1990), Panamanian composer
Martha Salazar (born 1970), American boxer
Max Salazar (1932–2010), American journalist and writer on Hispanic music
Nick Salazar (1929–2020), American politician
Noel B. Salazar (born 1973), European sociocultural anthropologist
Oscar Salazar (baseball) (born 1978), Major League Baseball second baseman
Oscar Salazar (taekwondo) (born 1977), Olympic taekwondo athlete from Mexico
Philippe-Joseph Salazar (born 1955), French philosopher and rhetorician
Rafael Cardona Salazar (died 1987), Colombian drug dealer
Ricardo Salazar (born 1972), MLS and FIFA soccer-referee
Richard Salazar (born 1981), Venezuelan baseball pitcher
Roger Salazar (consultant) (born 1970), American former presidential and gubernatorial spokesperson
Rosa Salazar (born 1985), American actress
Rubén Salazar (1928–1970), reporter for the Los Angeles Times and KMEX-TV, Los Angeles
Tim Salazar, Wyoming State Senator
Vicente Lucio Salazar (1832–1896), President of Ecuador in 1895
Victor Salazar (1911–1985), American businessman, political figure and officeholder.
Víctor Salazar (footballer, born 1991), Colombian soccer-player
Víctor Salazar (footballer, born 1993), Argentine soccer-player
Zeus A. Salazar (born 1934), a Filipino historian, anthropologist, and philosopher of history.




Fictional characters


Armando Salazar, villain of the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Augustine Salazar, a character in 3 Body Problem (TV Series)
Bennie Salazar, a central character and record company executive from the book A Visit From the Goon Squad
Daniel Salazar, a main character in Fear The Walking Dead
Griselda Salazar, a character in Fear The Walking Dead
Hector Salazar (disambiguation), multiple fictional characters
King Salazar, main antagonist of the animated film Wakko's Wish
Ofelia Salazar, a character in Fear The Walking Dead
Ramon Salazar (Resident Evil 4), from the video game Resident Evil 4
Ramon Salazar (24 character), from the television series 24
Rex Salazar, fictional titular protagonist of Generator Rex which the surname of his late Argentinean father Rafael.
Rosario Salazar, from the television series Will & Grace
Víctor Salazar, main character of the television series Love, Victor




References






Bibliography


Euskal Abizenak, vol 3, pp 100–102. Lizardi Multimedia, Zarauz, Spain. ISBN 978-7-999006-41-1
RAMOS MERINO, Juan Luis. "La caballería y la leyenda artúrica en Lope García de Salazar". En: Junto al Grial : miscelánea artúrica. Soria : Diputación Provincial, 2008, pp. 89–103.

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