Frequency: (520)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Asturian-Leonese: habitational name from Llanes in Asturies.
2. Catalan: from the plural of llana ‘wool’, probably a metonymic occupational name for a wool merchant.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 52%. Carlos (13), Jose (11), Juan (9), Pedro (8), Manuel (6), Alfredo (5), Armando (5), Alejandro (4), Enrique (4), Julio (4), Luis (4), Mario (4).
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