Frequency: (2463)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish (Ávalos): habitational name from Ábalos, a place near Haro in Soria province, on the edge of the Basque country. A Basque origin of the place name has been suggested, involving the stem abar- ‘kermes oak’, but this is highly conjectural.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 52%. Jose (90), Juan (41), Jesus (34), Luis (26), Francisco (21), Carlos (18), Javier (17), Roberto (15), Manuel (14), Ricardo (13), Fernando (12), Pedro (12).
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