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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Basque : Latin American variant of Zamalloa, Zamayoa, a topographic name for someone who lived by a gorge or pass, from Basque sama, zama ‘defile’, ‘pass’, ‘narrow ravine’ + the locative suffix -ola.

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