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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Portuguese (Carriço) : from carrico ‘reed’, hence a topographic name for someone living in a place where reeds grew, a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example in Leiria, or a nickname for a tall, thin person.

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