The alfonso Surname

alfonso Name Meaning and History

Spanish and southern Italian: from the personal name Alfonso, the name of a number of Spanish and Portuguese kings. It derives from the Visigothic personal name Adelfonsus, composed of the elements hathu ‘war’ + funs ‘ready’.

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The alfonso name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the alfonso family name as far back in history as possible.

alfonso Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of alfonso Families in the US in 1920

Number of alfonso families

25-47

9-24

1-8

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Thread	Author	Replies
ALFONSO AND DiNARDO	mikealfonso	11
Alfonso - New Orleans	chrisbeddows	0
ALFONSO - Puerto Rico and Spain	thealfonsos	1
Alfonso from Havana, Cuba	jfrazie1_1	0
Alfonso family from Manhattan NY	AnthonyAlfonzo	0
Alfonso, Alfonzo from Arecibo, Hatillo Origin	edplasen	2
Alfonso ...spanish or italian???	Linda Alfonso	1
RE:HELLO	DAWN ALFONSO	0
Name	Johnna Alfone	24
alfonsos in tampa , fla.	breaksunshine1	1

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