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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : regional name from La Mancha, which extends through the provinces of Ciudad Real, Toledo, Cuenca, and Albacete. The place name is a derivative of Arabic ma-nya ‘high plain’.
  • Spanish and Portuguese : possibly from mancha ‘stain’ (Latin macula).

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