Bedolla
A Spanish-language surname probably arising as a regional place-name or nickname, now most common in Mexico and Mexican American communities.
The #5,666 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 50,391 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Bedolla is a Hispanic surname, but its precise origin is not securely established from standard surname dictionaries. It is most plausibly a regional Spanish or Hispanic formation, perhaps tied to a place-name or to a local word that later became hereditary. Because the name is relatively uncommon and not strongly documented in the classic English-language surname references, the literal meaning remains uncertain.
History
The surname is found especially in Mexico and among Mexican Americans in the United States. As with many Hispanic surnames, it likely became fixed as a hereditary family name in the Iberian or colonial Spanish world and then spread through migration and family lines. Modern U.S. census use reflects later migration from Mexico and the wider borderlands.
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Fun fact
Because the name is uncommon in older European surname reference works, Bedolla is a good example of a surname whose history is clearer in modern population records than in classic etymology books.