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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish (Alcázar) : habitational name from any of various places, for example in the provinces of Ciudad Real, Cuenca, and Granada, named with the word alcázar ‘citadel’ or ‘palace’ (from Arabic al ‘the’ + qạsr ‘fortress’, a borrowing of Latin castrum; compare Castro).

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