Salazar ( surname ) - wikipedia Salazar ( surname ) Salazar is a Basque surname meaning old hall ( from Castilian Sala ( hall ) and Basque zahar ( old ) ). The name originates from the town of the same name : Salazar, in northern Burgos, Castile. Although nowadays northern Burgos is not a Basque - speaking region, it was during the early Middle Ages when the surname appeared. Its origins are also related to a certain noble family, the Salazars, that held a fief in the area. During the 10th century, the surname appears as mentioned in Navarre, where it spread and there even exists a Salazar Valley. 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 America, thus spreading the surname all through the Spanish Americas ; others intermarried many noble families, and the surname spread all through the Iberian peninsula. 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 The following is a list of notable people with the surname Salazar : Abel Salazar ( 1917 -- 1995 ), Mexican actor, producer, and director Abel de Lima Salazar ( 1889 -- 1946 ), Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer, and painter Alberto Salazar ( born 1958 ), U.S. distance runner Alejandro Salazar, ( born 1984 ) U.S. 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 Marshal 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 ( c. 1650 -- 1715 ), composer and choirmaster António de Oliveira Salazar ( 1889 -- 1970 ), Prime Minister and Dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 Antonio Sebastián de Toledo Molina y Salazar ( c. 1608 -- 1715 ), Viceroy of New Spain Ángel Salazar ( born 1961 ), former Major League Baseball shortstop Braulio Salazar ( 1917 -- 2008 ), Venezuelan painter Carlos Salazar Castro ( 1800 -- 1867 ), chief of state of El Salvador and Guatemala Carlos Salazar ( born 1933 ), Filipino actor Carlos Gabriel Salazar ( born 1964 ), Argentine boxer Carlos Eduardo Salazar Paz ( born 1981 ), Colombian football player Carlos Salazar, Argentine politician Carlos Salazar Herrera ( 1906 -- 1982 ), Costa Rican writer and artist Cristina Díaz Salazar ( born 1958 ), Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party Diego Salazar ( born 1980 ), Colombian weightlifter Domingo de Salazar ( 1512 -- 1594 ), first bishop of Manila Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela ( born 1954 ), Chilean racing driver Elsa Salazar Cade ( born 1952 ), US entomologist Emiliano Zapata Salazar ( 1879 -- 1919 ), a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution Evangelina Salazar ( born 1946 ), Argentine actress Fanny Zampini Salazar ( 1853 - ? ), Belgian - born Italian writer, editor, and lecturer 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 Gabriel Salazar Vergara ( born 1936 ), Chilean historian Jeff Salazar ( born 1980 ), a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks. John Salazar ( born 1953 ), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado Jorge Ibarra Salazar, Mexican economist José Salazar ( born 1957 ), Venezuelan triple jumper 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 García de Salazar ( 1639 -- 1710 ), Spanish composer Kenneth Salazar ( born 1955 ), U.S. Secretary of the Interior and former U.S. Senator from the state of Colorado 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 Martha Salazar ( born 1970 ), American boxer Max Salazar ( 1932 -- 2010 ), US journalist and writer on Latin music 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 Rex Salazar, fictional protagonist of Generator Rex Ricardo Salazar ( born 1972 ), MLS and FIFA soccer referee Richard Jesus ( da Silva ) Salazar ( born 1981 ), Venezuelan baseball pitcher Rubén Salazar ( 1928 -- 1970 ), reporter for the Los Angeles Times and KMEX - TV, Los Angeles Tim Salazar, Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives Vicente Lucio Salazar ( 1832 -- 1896 ), President of Ecuador in 1895 Kirk Maverick D. Salazar ( 1832 -- 1896 ), has the `` will of the D '', Model, Trade - Industry Development Specialist, MBA References Jump up ^ Trask, R.L. ( 1997 ). The History of Basque. Routledge. p. 344. ISBN 0 - 415 - 13116 - 2. ^ Jump up to : `` Salazar ''. Supercable.es. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 20. Jump up ^ GAMELLA, Juan F. ; GÓMEZ ALFARO, Antonio y PÉREZ PÉREZ, Juan ( 2012 ). Los apellidos de los gitanos españoles en los censos de 1783 - 85. Revista de Humanidades ( en línea ), n. 19, artículo 3, ISSN 2340 - 8995. Jump up ^ Diccionario de apellidos españoles, Roberto Faure, María Asunción Ribes, Antonio García, Editorial Eswpasa, Madrid 2001. ISBN 84 - 239 - 2289 - 8. Section III. 3.8 page XXXIX. 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. This page lists people with the surname Salazar. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. 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Question: what is the meaning of the last name salazar
Answer: old hall