Frequency: (300)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish and Portuguese: from an old personal name, Abril, based on the name of the month (from Latin Aprilis, ‘April’). Compare April.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 40%. Manuel (7), Eduardo (4), Juan (4), Jesus (3), Julio (3), Alberto (2), Alfonso (2), Alvaro (2), Dionicio (2), Jose (2), Luis (2), Rodolfo (2).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
