American Family Name Origins:
Fabregas
Frequency: (107)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Catalan (Fàbregas): respelling of Fàbregues, a habitational name from any of the places in Barcelona province named Fàbregues, from the plural of fàbrega ‘forge’.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 39%. Jose (9), Adalberto, Adolpho, Alfredo, Ana, Carlos, Fernando, Fransico, Juan Carlos, Lazaro, Luis, Maria Luisa.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
