The mestas Surname
mestas Name Meaning and History
Spanish: habitational name from Las Mestas in Cáceres province,
or Castilianized form of Asturian-Leonese Les Mestes, name of a
town and several villages in Asturies, all named with the plural of
mesta ‘common (sheep) pasture’ (from Latin mixtas, past
participle (plural) of miscere ‘to mix’, ‘to mingle’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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