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Frometa Surname Meaning

Hispanic (mainly Cuba and the Dominican Republic): possibly an altered form of Spanish Frómesta.

Itself an altered form of a habitational name from Frómista, a place in Palencia.

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


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