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moya Name Meaning and History

  1. Spanish: habitational name from Moya, in Cuenca, or from places so named Valencia, Lugo, and the Canaries.
  2. Catalan (Moyà): variant spelling of the habitational name from Moià in Barcelona province, named in Late Latin as Modianus ‘(estate) of Modius’ (a personal name derived from Latin modus ‘measure’).

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Distribution of moya Families in the US in 1920
Number of moya families
 41-80
 14-40
 1-13
 0
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