Asturian-American Migration Forum

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Is it common in Asturia to have Asturian words as last names?

This last name is just very odd, and I was very surprised to find it actually meant something in another language.

Hi I'm new to this forum, and I have been on a quest for my genealogical ancestry for years. Upon doing a google search, I came across a maternal last name in an Castellano site. I then looked it up in the RAE. banzón. 1. m. coloq. Ast. Bola pequeña de barro que sirve para juegos infantiles. I haven...