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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : from a characteristic (but rare) hybridization, in this case of Semitic (i)ben ‘son’ + Egas, a personal name of Visigothic origin. More widespread is the Portuguese equivalent, Viegas.

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