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Hernandez Surname Origin

(Spanish) patronymic from the personal name Hernando - son of Hernanado


Source: American Surnames. ; Smith, Elsdon C; Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997.


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'He who has no knaves, fools, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightening.' --Old English Proverb




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