I’m from Mexico but it works the same as in Spain. You don’t get the surnames “joint” as one. You get them separately. So, for example, I have my father’s “first” surname and my mother’s “first” surname.
So let’s say my mother’s name is Maria Ramirez Ruiz and my father’s name is Jose Martinez Ochoa. My name then would en up as Mario Martinez Ramirez
![[Map] Usual name order in European countries](https://jlai.lu/pictrs/image/cf8a9877-65aa-4196-b539-50e1f2180601.png){kind=link}
How does it work in Spain and Portugal? Wouldn’t surnames get longer and longer every generation?
I’m from Mexico but it works the same as in Spain. You don’t get the surnames “joint” as one. You get them separately. So, for example, I have my father’s “first” surname and my mother’s “first” surname.
So let’s say my mother’s name is Maria Ramirez Ruiz and my father’s name is Jose Martinez Ochoa. My name then would en up as Mario Martinez Ramirez
Ah cool, thanks for the explanation.