Frequency: (120)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Catalan: topographic name from codina ‘layer of hard, compressed earth’ or a habitational name from places in Barcelona and Castelló provinces named with this word.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 45%. Francisco (4), Arturo (3), Cesar (2), Eugenio (2), Jose (2), Raul (2), Salvador (2), Santiago (2), Alexandro, Carlos, Enrique, Epifanio.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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