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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the Middle English personal name Leugar, Levegar, Old English Lēofgār, composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’ + gār ‘spear’.
  • Gallician and Spanish : habitational name from any of several places in Galicia called Lugar, from lugar ‘place’ ‘village’, or a topographic name from this word.

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