Last name: ALMA

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Last name frequency

ALMA : This last name is indexed 25,541 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

ALMA : 1: Italian (Sicily): from the female personal name Alma from Latin almus ‘nourishing’.2: Spanish and Portuguese: nickname from alma ‘soul’ (from Latin anima).3: Catalan (Almà): from a variant of the personal name Almar or Armar from ancient Germanic Adalamar.4: West Frisian: patronymic formed with the suffix -ma ‘(one of the) men of’ from the personal name Al(e) a short form of an ancient Germanic name containing the element adel ‘noble’. Compare Alkema.

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