Technically, the first significant influx of Latino immigrants to the U.S. occurred during the California Gold Rush, or just after most of the modern boundary between the U.S. and Mexico was established at the end of the U.S.-Mexican War (1846-48).
If a woman is born with the name âJane Smithâ and she chooses to marry âJohn Jones,â she might choose to change her last name to Jones, becoming âJane Jones.â In this scenario, âSmithâ would be Jane's maiden name. maiden name is the last name used by a woman before changing her name upon marriage. The practice of adopting the husband's surname after marriage is less common than it once was.
Maiden and married names. When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of his or her spouse, that name replaces the person's birth surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name. Birth name is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name..