Frequency: (2914)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish: habitational name from places in the provinces of Cuenca and Madrid; the latter is now the site of an international airport.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 56%. Jose (114), Juan (55), Jesus (50), Miguel (32), Francisco (30), Luis (28), Salvador (24), Javier (23), Manuel (21), Ramon (21), Jorge (20), Rafael (19).
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