Frequency: (132)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Catalan: occupational name for a furrier, from Catalan pellisser.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 25%. Manuel (3), Angel (2), Jose (2), Ramon (2), Alberto, Baldo, Eloisa, Fernando, Francisco, Gabriela, Jaime, Jose Manuel.
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