Frequency: (126)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Basque: unexplained, probably originated in the Donostia area, in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 38%. Jose (7), Ernesto (3), Cesar (2), Emilia (2), Juan (2), Roberto (2), Alicia, Andres, Aurelio, Eduardo, Evelia, Everardo.
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