Frequency: (240)
(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 Galician (Páramo): habitational name from any of the numerous places named Paramo, in particular those in the provinces of Lugo (Galicia), Léon, Palencia, and Burgos, from páramo ‘wasteland’, ‘bare plateau’.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 52%. Jose (6), Manuel (6), Jorge (4), Jesus (3), Arturo (2), Enrique (2), Felipe (2), Fidel (2), Javier (2), Jose Antonio (2), Juan (2), Margarita (2).
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