Frequency: (299)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish (Zermeño): variant spelling of Cermeño, a nickname from cermeño ‘fool’, ‘lout’, ‘slob’.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 47%. Jose (10), Roberto (4), Carlos (3), Francisco (3), Juan (3), Manuel (3), Alberto (2), Cirilo (2), Consuelo (2), Felipe (2), Guadalupe (2), Ignacio (2).
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