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The lemos Surname

lemos Name Meaning and History

Galician and Portuguese: habitational name from a place in Lugo province, Galicia. It is probably from a name recorded in Latin sources as Lemavos, apparently a derivative of the Celtic element lemos, limos ‘elm’.

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Distribution of lemos Families in the US in 1920
Number of lemos families
 36-70
 13-35
 1-12
 0
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