Frequency: (121)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Southern French and Catalan: nickname for a rich man, from Catalan and Occitan cabal ‘rich’.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 31%. Alvaro, Ana, Armando, Arturo, Camilo, Carlos, Catalina, Emilio, Ernesto, Fermin, Francisco, Jaime.
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