Carrión (surname)

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Carrión was taken as surname by Alonso Carreño during the times of Alfonso II El Casto (791-842) after reclaiming the Spanish villa of Carrión de los Condes from the Moors by way of a "Trojan Horse" tactic [1].

All people with this surname can trace their ancestry to Don Alonso Carreño and his conquests in the Villa of Carrión de los Condes.

See Carrion (disambiguation) for a list of famous people with this surname.

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