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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : probably from farfán, a term denoting one of a group of Spaniards who went to Morocco in the 8th century; there they retained their Christian faith and in 1390 their descendants returned to Spain.
  • Spanish : in some cases, a habitational name from Farfán in Granada.

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