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bolivar Name Meaning and History

Spanish (Bolívar): Castilianized form of Basque Bolibar, a habitational name from any of several places named Bolibar, for example in Biscay province, from Basque bolu ‘mill’ (Latin molinum) + ibar ‘meadow’, ‘riverbank’.

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Distribution of bolivar Families in the US in 1920
Number of bolivar families
 6-10
 3-5
 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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William Bolivar & Ruth Ann Stafford cbfamu 0
Is anyone out there? Lisa Bolivar 27
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