Frequency: (129)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish and Portuguese: nickname for a man afflicted with a stammer, from Spanish, Portuguese gago ‘stammering’, ‘stuttering’ (of imitative origin).
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 33%; German 5%. Jose (3), Manuel (3), Andres (2), Francisco (2), Albino, Alfredo, Amparo, Angel, Arcenio, Emilio, Esteban, Fernando; Otto (3).
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