A Spanish surname of Flores has been a strong and common name in Spain since the 12th century. It may be from the given name of ‘Floro‘ which means flower.

Additional spellings for Flores include Frolaz, Florrez and Froylez.

A common surname with numerous Hispanic countries, it is ranked 15th among those nations.
In Argentina and Venezuela there are large numbers of Flores families.

In England the main concentration with the Flores name are in Warwickshire county.
Within the United States Flores are located mostly in Texas and California.

Famous: Jose A. Flores (musical composer from Paraguay), Juan J. Flores (Ecuadorian president), Jesse Flores (baseball player from Mexico), Lola Flores (singer from Spain), Venancio Flores (president of Uruguay), Tom Flores (professional football head coach) and Jorge Flores (singer and actor).