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garcia Name Meaning and History

Spanish (García) and Portuguese: from a medieval personal name of uncertain origin. It is normally found in medieval records in the Latin form Garsea, and may well be of pre-Roman origin, perhaps akin to Basque (h)artz ‘bear’.

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garcia Family Facts

Distribution of garcia Families in the US in 1920
Number of garcia families
 2234-4465
 745-2233
 1-744
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