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Position:Home>Genealogy> Do what are the proper ethnicity's for these Surnames?Question: Do what are the proper ethnicity's for these Surnames?Saenz Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: saenz Spanish (S㡥nz): patronymic from an unidentified personal name. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 salcido Spanish: variant spelling of Salcedo. Salcedo Spanish: habitational name from any of numerous places named Salcedo, so named from a collective form of salce ??willow tree??. Compare Salce. Spanish: Castilianized variant of Basque Saratsu, a habitational name from a town so named, in Araba, Basque Country. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 Castanda: NA (I'll try to find out elsewhere). rueda Spanish: habitational name from Rueda in Valladolid, Rueda de Jal㳮 in Zamora, Rueda de la Sierra in Guadalajara, or any of the places called La Rueda, from Castilian rueda ??wheel??, Latin rota. Compare Catalan Roda. de leon Spanish (De Le㳮): habitational name, variant of Le㳮, with the preposition de (see Leon). French (Del㩯n): patronymic from L㩯n (see Lyon 2). Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 I just don't know on Castanda. |