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Updated February 20, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : habitational name from any of numerous places named Soto or El Soto, from soto ‘grove’, ‘small wood’ (Latin saltus).
  • Spanish : Castilianized spelling of Asturian-Leonese Sotu, a habitational name from a town so named in Asturies.
  • Spanish : Castilianized spelling of the Galician equivalent, Souto.

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