Spanish : Castilianized form of Basque Zubia, or variant
of Spanish Zubia. This surname is found mostly in Mexico.
Italian (Sicily) : possibly from subbia ‘chisel’, ‘awl’,
presumably a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, or a
metonymic occupational name for a maker of such tools.
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