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Zevallos De la torre.
were do those 2 last names come from?


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Zevallos De la torre.
were do those 2 last names come from?

Its gotta be hispanic. I'm not sure what Zevallos means but de la torre means from the tower. Peruvian Maybe?

This is what www.ancestry.com had to say about the names.

Zevallos
Spanish: variant spelling of Ceballos.

De la Torre
Spanish: topographic name ‘from (de) the tower (la torre)’, i.e. someone who lived by a watchtower, ‘from (de) the tower (la torre)’.
Dictionary of American Family

Hope this helps.

Zevallos is a variant of Ceballos, sometimes spelled Zeballos. Both Zevallos and de la Torre are of Spanish origen.

they from eaquatorial guinea or possibly zamboanga chavacano