Frequency: (102)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Galician: unexplained.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 16%; Portuguese 14%. Manuel (5), Jose (2), Modesto (2), Rafael (2), Francisco, Javier, Marcelo, Orlando; Joaquim (3).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
