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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : habitational name from any of the places named Salvatierra (literally ‘save land’). This is a widespread place name, denoting a place of strategic importance.
  • Spanish : Castilianized form of Galician Salvaterra or Aragonese Salbatierra, habitational names from places in Galicia and Aragon.

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