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alamo Name Meaning and History

Spanish and Portuguese (Álamo): from álamo ‘poplar’ (of uncertain origin), applied either as a topographic name or as a habitational name from any of several places in Spain and Portugal named with this word.

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Distribution of alamo Families in the US in 1920
Number of alamo families
 33-64
 12-32
 1-11
 0
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