De Soto (surname)

de Soto is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Álvaro de Soto (born 1943), Peruvian diplomat and UN special envoy
Domingo de Soto (1494–1560), Spanish theologian
Francisco de Soto (c. 1500–1563), Spanish organist and composer
Hernando de Soto (c. 1496/1497–1542), Spanish conquistador
Hernando de Soto Polar (born 1941), Peruvian economist and author
Jesús Huerta de Soto (born 1956), economist of the Austrian school, born in Spain
Luis Barahona de Soto (1548–1595), Spanish poet
Pedro de Soto (1493–1563), Spanish theologian
Benito de Soto (1805–1830), pirate

Surnames associated with the occupations of cobbler/shoemaker/cordwainer

Celtic	Quéré Gracie, Grassie, Grassick

Germanic	Schumacher, Schuhmacher, Schumaker, Shoemaker, Schoemaker, Shoemark, Schuster, Shuster (from Schuster), Knef Schoenmaker, Schoenmakers, Schoonmaker from Latin "sutor": Suter, Sutter, Souter, Sauter, Sutar, Soutar, Souttar

Romance	Sutor DeSutter, De Sutter, DeZuter, DeZutter, De Zutter De Soto, DeSoto, de Soto, Desoto Scarpa, Scarponi, Calzolaro, Calligaris, Calegari, Chaucer, Zangari Cordonnier, Courvoisier, Corviser, Corvisier, Sabatier Crispino Sapateiro, Zapatero Ciubotaru, Ciubotariu (borrowing from Slavic)

Slavic	Chebotar, Chebotaryov (Tschebotarioff), Chebotarenko Čizmar, Čižmár, Cizmar, Čižman Łatacz Sapozhnikov, Sapozhnik, Bashmachnikov Shvets, Shevchenko, Shevchuk, Shevtsov, Shautsov, Švec, Ševčík (Sevcik, Shevchik), Szewczyk, Sheuchyk Šuštar (from Schuster) Kopitar

Other	"Sandlar" (סנדלר) ("sandal-maker"): HaSandlar, Sandler, Zandler Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia

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