Piña (surname)
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Language(s) | Spanish |
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Origin | |
Meaning | "Pineapple" |
Region of origin | México, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Chile, Cuba and Perú[1] |
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Variant form(s) | Peña[1] |
Piña is a Spanish language surname, literally meaning "pineapple". While the exact origin of the surname is unknown, it may have originated around the mountainous regions of León or in Galicia.[1][2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aarón Piña Mora (1914–2009), Mexican painter and muralist
- Antonio Velasco Piña (1935–2020), Mexican novelist
- Blanca Estela Piña Gudiño (born 1955), Mexican teacher and politician
- Blanca Ibáñez Piña (born 1947), Venezuelan politician
- Celso Piña (1953–2019), Mexican singer and composer
- César Gelabert Piña (born 2000), Spanish footballer
- Cristina Piña (born 1949), Argentine poet and scholar
- Dulce Piña (born 1966), Dominican judoka
- Francisco Piña (born 1998), Chilean footballer
- Gilberto García Piña (born 1969), Dominican judoka
- Gonzalo Piña Ludueña (1545–1600), Spanish conquistador
- Horacio Piña (born 1945), Mexican baseball player
- Inocencio Ibarra Piña (born 1967), Mexican politician
- Íñigo Piña (born 1994), Spanish footballer
- Joaquín Piña Batllevell (1930–2013), Spanish-Argentine Catholic bishop
- Jonathan Piña (born 1989), Mexican footballer
- José Piña (born 1996), Venezuelan footballer
- José Luis Espinosa Piña (born 1968), Mexican politician
- Karol Itzitery Piña Cisneros (born 1999), Mexican actress and singer
- Laura Fernández Piña (born 1971), Mexican marketer and politician
- Laura Piña Olmedo (born 1959), Mexican politician
- Manny Piña (born 1987), Mexican baseball player
- Manolita Piña (1883–1994), Spanish-Uruguayan painter
- Mariano Piña Olaya (born 1933), Mexican politician
- Melesio Piña (born 1948), Mexican sprinter
- Norma Lucía Piña Hernández (born 1960), Mexican lawyer and educator
- Porfirio Piña (born 1965), Dominican entrepreneur and director
- Queco Piña (born 1980), Spanish footballer
- Sulennis Piña Vega (born 1981), Cuban chess player
- Tinabeth Piña, American journalist
- Verónica Juárez Piña (born 1971), Mexican politician