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The anaya Surname

anaya Name Meaning and History

  1. Basque: from Basque Anaia, from anai ‘brother’ + the definite article (suffixed) -a. In Basque this was used both as a byname and as a personal name.
  2. Spanish: habitational name from either of two places called Anaya, in Salamanca and Segovia provinces. The place name is probably of Arabic origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of anaya Families in the US in 1920
Number of anaya families
 57-111
 20-56
 1-19
 0
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