Spanish (Almodóvar) and Portuguese (Almodôvar):
habitational name from places called Almodóvar, in the provinces of
Ciudad Real and Córdoba and near Cuenca, Spain, or from
Almodôvar, Portugal. These are named with Arabic al-mudawwar
‘the round’, ‘the circular’, referring to a hill, fort, or other
topographic feature.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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