Is Manila a common last name in Spain??

I'm asking cause my boyfriend is from Mexico & the Spanish once ruled Mexico?Is Manila a Spanish word?Also,I asked my boyfriend what his race & bloodlines were & he told me "I am Spanish". i don't think this is true cause he is very Non Europeon looking,has pin straight jet black hair is short with Mongloid looking eyes & a round nose.His mane is Pedro Fernando & he insist he is of Spanish blood.Some people actually think he is from Indonesia or Cambodia or Samoa.What do you think???

I think he is "antiguo de Mexico" probaly an indian person

its a filipino word meaning "there is a water lilies" in its original form "maynilad"
may pronounce as "my" means "have"or "there is"
nilad is a plant that grows in the water known as water lily
as time pass by maynilad was eventually changed to manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines once under Spanish rule but the word may and nilad is not a spanish word
and pedro is an old fashioned named for a christian guy
in the philippines but is an spanish name
and fernando is also a spanish in origin

maybe a spaniard married a filipina and then bear a child to be pedro's grandfather who settled in spain
philippine is the melting pot of all races

and this are the common names in spain
ALBERTO: Spanish form of Albert (noble)

ALEJANDRO: Spanish form of Alexander (defends mankind)

ALFREDO: Spanish form of Alfred (counsels the elves)

ANDRES: Spanish form of Andrew (manly)

ANGEL, ANGELO: angel

ARTURO: handsome

BELTRAN: bright raven

BERNARDO: brave as a bear

BERTO: intelligent

CARLOS: manly

CESAR, CESARO: long-haired

DIEGO: supplanter

EDMUNDO: wealthy protector

EDUARDO: wealthy guardian

ELOY: renowned warrior

EMILIO: flattering

ERNESTO: serious

ESTEBAN, ESTEFAN: crowned in victory

EUGENIO: noble

FAUSTO, FELIX: lucky

FEDERICO: Spanish form of Frederick (peaceful ruler)

FELIPE: Spanish form of Phillip (loves horses)

GARCIA: brave in battle

GERARDO: Spanish form of Gerard (spear courageous)

GILBERTO: Spanish form of Gilbert (hostage)

GREGORIO: watchful

HORACIO: Spanish form of Horace (timekeeper)

HUMBERTO, HUGO: intelligent

IGNACIO, IGNAZIO, INCENDIO: fire

JOAQUIN: prepared

JORGE: Spanish form of George (farmer)

JOSE: God will increase

JOSUE: Spanish form of Joshua (He shall add)

JUAN, JUANITO: Spanish form of John (gracious gift from God)

JULIAN, JULIO: youth

LEANDRO, LEONARDO, LEON, LEONIDES: lion

LORENZO: Spanish form of Lawrence (laurel)

LUCIO, LUCERO: Spanish form of Luke (light)

MANUEL: God is with us

MARCO, MARCOS, MARIO, MARTIN, MARTINO, MARTINEZ: warring

MATEO, MATRO: gift of God

MAURICIO, MAURO: Moorish

MIGUEL: Spanish form of Michael (God-like)

MOISES: Spanish form of Moses (from the water)

NALDO: strong

NATANAEL, NATANIEL: gift from God

PEDRO: stone

PEPE, PEPILLO: Spanish form of Joseph (He shall add)

RAFAEL: God has healed

RAMIRO, RAMIREZ: judicious

RAMON, RAIMUNDO: wise defender

RAUL, RAULO: wise

REY: king

RICO, RICARDO: strong ruler

ROBERTO: Spanish form of Robert (shining fame)

RODERIGO, RODRIGO: notable leader

RODOLFO: Spanish form of Rudolph (famous wolf)

ROGELIO: famous soldier

RUBEN: son

SALOMON: peaceful

SANCHO, SANTOS: saint

SANTIAGO: named for Saint James

STEFANO: crown of laurels

TITO: giant

TOMAS: twin

VINCENTE, VICTOR, VICTORO: victor

XAVIER, XEVER: owns a new house

I think that in Mexico it is very important to be able to trace your bloodline to Spain, and if he is of some mixed heritage, he may stress the Spanish, and he may not know if there is something mixed in which turned out to be dominant. He may actually be totally Spanish, though.

Manila, I'm pretty sure, is a tagalog word, and I've never met anyone with it as a name. At all. (or heard of it as anything but a city and a type of paper).

Manila is not a Spanish word, the city was named this way much before the Spanish arrival.

I've never seen anyone whose last name was "Manila".

Hi, Manila is a very strange surname. I think it is a name of a city . It is possible that he has Spanish origins, remember that Spain conquered part of South America and Spanish lived there as well when Spain had the Civil War. ots of South American's have Spanish blood.