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Although Müller is the most common name in German-speaking countries, in some areas other surnames are more frequent than Müller. The common names Schmidt and Schmitz lead in the central German-speaking and eastern Low German-speaking areas.
Most of the surnames of the Brazilian population have a Portuguese origin, due to Portuguese colonization in the country (it is estimated that 80% of the Brazilian population has at least one Portuguese ancestor), while other South American countries were largely colonized by the Spanish.
Families who had already adopted a prohibited surname but could prove their family had used the name for at least four consecutive generations. (Those were names prohibited for being too common, like de los Santos or de la Cruz or for other reasons.) Spanish names are the majority found in the books' list of legitimate surnames.
A German Guatemalan is a citizen of Guatemala whose ancestors were German settlers (along with other settlers from Belgium) who arrived in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...
Aleman, New Mexico a locale along the Jornada del Muerto in Sierra County, New Mexico; Other uses. Aleman (surname) A member of the Alamanni, a German tribe;
Khmer IPA Romanization Origin កូយ Kuy កឹម Kem កែប Kep កែវ: kaew: Keo (2nd most popular surname in Cambodia) meaning glass or jewel or crystal
In 1870, the Spanish Courts passed the "Acta de Culto Condicionado" (Conditional Cult Act), a law granting the right of religious freedom to all those who wished to worship another religion other than the Catholic religion. The Anglican Church, the Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad, was founded by German and English immigrants in Ponce in