Frequency: (252)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Spanish: Castilianized form of Basque Zubia, or variant of Spanish Zubia. This surname is found mostly in Mexico.
2. Italian (Sicily): possibly from subbia ‘chisel’, ‘awl’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, or a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such tools.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 33%; Italian 5%. Alfredo (3), Felipe (3), Manuel (3), Carlos (2), Cruz (2), Eloy (2), Jose (2), Ramona (2), Alfonso, Alicia, Alida, Alvaro; Angelo (2), Lorenzo (2), Donato, Fausto, Sisto.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
