What is the nationality of the last name cedillo?

Answer 1

This surname of CEDILLO was an Italian and Jewish surname derived from the Yiddish TSEDER, or from the Old German word ZEDER (cedar) literally meaning the dweller at or near the cedar trees. It was also a Swedish surname of the same origin. The name is also spelt CEADDA, CEDER, TSEDER, ZEDER, CEDERBAUM, CEDERBERG, CEDERHOLM, CEDERWALL and CEDILLA. Surnames derived from place names are divided into two broad categories; topographic names and habitation names. Topographic names are derived from general descriptive references to someone who lived near a physical feature such as an oak tree, a hill, a stream or a church. Habitation names are derived from pre-existing names denoting towns, villages and farmsteads. Other classes of local names include those derived from the names of rivers, individual houses with signs on them, regions and whole countries. St. CEADDA (died in the year 672) was the Anglo-Saxon churchman, born in Northumbria. He was a pupil of St. Aiden in Lindisfarne, and spent part of his youth in Ireland. In 664 he became the abbot of Lastingham, and in 666 bishop of York. In the 17th century, so-called 'soldiers' names are found as the earliest kind of hereditary surnames in Sweden. These names were derived from vocabulary words, usually martial-sounding monosyllables such as Rapp (prompt) Rask (bold), or occasionally names of animals and birds. The names were bestowed on soldiers for administrative purposes, and no doubt in some cases derived from pre-existing nicknames. Most Swedes did not adopt hereditary surnames until a century or more later, and the patronymic system was still in use in rural areas until late in the 19th century. In the absence of evidence to the contrary it is thought that people may have adopted their surname from the area in which they lived. In the Middle Ages heraldry came into use as a practical matter. It originated in the devices used to distinguish the armored warriors in tournament and war, and was also placed on seals as marks of identity. As far as records show, true heraldry began in the middle of the 12th century, and appeared almost simultaneously in several countries of Western Europe.

Spanish: habitation name from Cedillo in Cáceres province, Cedillo del Condado in Toledo province, or Cedillo de la Torre in Segovia province. Cedillo is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2008 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 518 inhabitants.