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almaraz Name Meaning and History

Spanish: habitational name from places in Zamora, Cáceres, and Vallodolid provinces. According to Asín Palacios, these names are derived from Arabic al-ma?hrath ‘the cultivated or arable land’; another possible origin would be al-ma?hras ‘the guarded or fortified place’, ‘the sanctuary’.

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Distribution of almaraz Families in the US in 1920
Number of almaraz families
 14-26
 5-13
 1-4
 0
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