Alameda
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Frequency: (284)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish: topographic name from alameda ‘poplar grove’, a collective form of álamo ‘poplar’, or habitational name from any of the many places named with this word.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 16%. Manuel (3), Juan (2), Luis (2), Miguel (2), Alejandro, Belen, Carlos, Dominga, Efrain, Eladio, Joaquin, Jose.
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