Abstract
The aim of this paper is to trace the common origin of the contemporary Maya people from their use of patronymics, taking these as individual language signs that are important indicators of identity. This analysis is the result of a comparative study between two regions both representative of the processes of change and continuity in the Maya culture: the henequen zone and the milpera zone in the east of the peninsula. The dominance of surnames with Maya origin among more than half of the population in Yucatan, and their links to the everyday usage of Maya language, suggest belonging to an ethnic collectivity that shares a common history and common origin, that would also therefore lead to a shared cultural base, allowing for ethnic and cultural continuity.
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