Hispanics from the same country often try to pinpoint the region others come from based on last names. It's amazing how people can trace who you are according to your name. . . . My father did it a lot when he was in the military. Unlike in the United States, women retain their last names in Spanish-speaking cultures. When they marry, women add their husband's name to their own, a practice that has recently caught on in this country.
Children carry their mothers' surnames too.
Which makes Ricky Martin's full name Enrique Martin Morales.