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Cerritos Family History

Cerritos Surname Meaning

Hispanic (mainly Mexico and El Salvador): topographic name from the plural form of a diminutive of Spanish cerro ‘hill’

(compare Cerrito).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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