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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish (from Mexico) : from chile pasillas, a name given in Mexico to dry chile chilaca, probably a metonymic occupational name for a dryer or seller of chiles pasillas, or perhaps a nickname for a very skinny person. This name is not found in Spain but only in the American continent, mostly Mexico.

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