What is the origin of your surname? Is it typical of your country?

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What is the origin of your surname? Is it typical of your country?

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  1. No_Quality_8620 Avatar

    My surname means literally “olive tree”, and it’s common in Brazil. Since Portugal is a huge producer of olive oil, the origin is obvious.

  2. 5PalPeso Avatar

    It’s the name of a big city in Italy. Also a famous town in Buenos Aires. I only know one other person with the same surname not related to me.

  3. Starwig Avatar

    We have 2 surnames, which one are you asking for? First one is pretty common in northern Peru and also one of the most common surnames in the country. The other one is a quechua one. Very standard for peruvians, since a lot of peruvian surnames are of quechua origin.

  4. Beneficial_Umpire552 Avatar

    Italian its very Atypicall in my country, but common in italy

  5. Away_Individual956 Avatar

    I have only one surname and it’s German, so I guess it would be common or not unexpected in Southern Brazil, but uncommon in other parts of the country

  6. VeryThoughtfulName Avatar

    Mine is Basque. Basque surnames are quite common in Uruguay but mine in particular is not.

  7. Emergency-Payment-90 Avatar

    From my paternal side it is of Spanish/ Catalan origin and my maternal side it is a Mexican-ized version of an Italian surname. My paternal surname means “mills” so it was an occupational surname in Spain and the maternal one is from a small town in Northern Italy in the Lombardy region. Neither is necessarily “common” but also not super rare. I’d say categorize them as “uncommon”.

  8. RobesPi3rre Avatar

    Sephardic Jewish. My last name is not typical at all, and it is more common in Morocco (because that’s where most of my ancestors went in 1492) than in my own country.

  9. FoxBluereaver Avatar

    My surname is apparently of Galician origin. Doesn’t seem that common in my country since I’ve never met any other family with it (in fact, the only important person who I know shares it is a Mexican actor).

  10. Proof-Pollution454 Avatar

    I have 2 surnames and one is connected to Spanish original