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Queja Family History

Queja Surname Meaning

Hispanic (Philippines):: nickname from Spanish queja ‘complaint’.

Alternatively, perhaps an altered form of Galician Queija a Castilianized form of a habitational name from a place called Chandrexa de Queixa in Ourense.

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


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Between 1961 and 2002, in the United States, Queja life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1983, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Queja in 1961 was 51, and 60 in 2002.

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