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Is matos a puerto rican last name?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: matos

1. Portuguese: widespread habitational name from any of numerous places in Portugal named Matos, from mata ??brushwood??, ??scrub??, ??thicket??.
2. Spanish: topographic name, from the plural of Mato.
3. Hungarian: variant of Matus.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Mato

1. Galician and Portuguese: widespread habitational name from any of numerous places in Galicia and Portugal named Mato, from mata ??brushwood??, ??scrub??, ??thicket??.
2. Spanish: topographic name from mato ??scrub??.
3. Catalan (Mat㳩: metonymic occupational name for a dairyman, from a word meaning ??cream??; ??curds??, ??curd cheese??.
4. Hungarian (Mat㳩: from a pet form of the personal name Mat㩬 Hungarian form of Matthew.

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