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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : probably variant of Almanzor, a habitational name for somebody who lived by the area of Almanzor, a remarkable mountain in Sierra de Gredos, in Ávila province. The name Almanzor possibly originates from the personal name of Almanzor (arabic al-Mansur), the fearsome vizier and actual ruler of Muslim Spain from 978 to 1002. The variant Umanzor is mainly found in Chile, El Salvador, and Honduras.

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