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  2. Araújo - Wikipedia

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    Araújo or Araujo or Araúxo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɾɐˈuʒu], Spanish: [aɾaˈuxo], Galician pronunciation: [aɾaˈuʃʊ]) is a Galician surname of noble medieval origin. Possibly the noble Don Rodrigo Anes de Araujo, lord of the Araujo castle, Ourense, Galicia, was the first to use the surname of Araújo. His great grandson Pedro ...

  3. Nobiliary particle - Wikipedia

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    Nobiliary particle. A nobiliary particle is a type of onomastic particle used in a surname or family name in many Western cultures to signal the nobility of a family. The particle used varies depending on the country, language and period of time. In some languages, it is the same as a regular prepositional particle that was used in the creation ...

  4. Spanish nobility - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of a Spanish nobleman, The 5th Duke of Alburquerque, Grandee of Spain, at the height of the Spanish Empire, 1560 The Spanish nobility are people who possess a title of nobility confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest orders of knighthood: the Order of the Golden ...

  5. List of common Spanish surnames - Wikipedia

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    Romero – 540,922 – Can be either Spanish or Italian, and have multiple meanings. Moreno – 539,927; Chávez – 517,392 – From Portuguese and Galician, from various places by the name, places derive name from Latin clavis “keys” or aquis Flaviis “at the waters of Flavius” [3] Rivera – 508,022 – Meaning either "Riverbank" or ...

  6. Bettencourt - Wikipedia

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    Bettencourt and Betancourt are originally place-names in Northern France. The place-name element -court ("courtyard, courtyard of a farm, farm") is typical of the French provinces, where the Frankish settlements formed an important part of the local population. It is a Gallo-Roman calque from the Old Low Franconian word *hof, meaning "courtyard ...

  7. López - Wikipedia

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    Lopes (Portuguese), Lupo (Italian), Loup (French), Lupu (Romanian) López ( Mexico ) Frequency comparisons: [1] López in the Spanish provinces. López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin. [2] It was originally a patronymic, meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf".

  8. García (surname) - Wikipedia

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    García is the most common surname in Spain (where 3.32% of the population is named García) [13] and also the second most common surname in Mexico. In the 1990 United States Census, Garcia was the 18th most reported surname, accounting for 0.25% of the population. [14] It has become more common since then, jumping to eighth place in 2000.

  9. Hernández - Wikipedia

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    Variant form (s) Fernández, Hernandes, Fernandes. Hernández is a widespread Spanish patronymic surname that became common around the 15th century. It means son of Hernán, Hernando, or Fernando, the Spanish version of the Germanic Ferdinand. Fernández is also a common variant of the name.

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