The zapata Surname
zapata Name Meaning and History
- Spanish: metonymic occupational name for a cobbler or shoemaker, from zapato ‘half boot’.
- Spanish and Galician: possibly also a habitational name from the places in Pontevedra and Ávila called Zapata.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| father is from that area |
 torresjds
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| Zapata in Deming, New Mexico | Roy Christian | 3 |
| Zapata mailing list |
Short714
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| Zapata family |
Short714
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| Looking for Zapata of the Philippines origin | Andy Zapata | 5 |
| Zapata information |
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| Emiliano Zapata descendants | Giselle Zapata-Garcia | 16 |
| Zapata decendants? |
familytree178
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| Re:Antonio Zapata, Mariano Benavides & Matiana Gutierrez, Isidro Gutierrez & Josefa Martinez | Chris Martinez | 15 |
| Del Rio, Texas-Zapata / Vallarta |
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