Bobadilla
A Spanish surname from a place name, originally meaning someone from Bobadilla or a similar settlement.
The #7,303 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 67,618 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Bobadilla is a Spanish locational surname, formed from the name of a place called Bobadilla. In Spanish place-name formation, the ending -illa can function as a diminutive or descriptive element, so the place name likely began as a reference to a small or otherwise characterized settlement. As with many Iberian surnames, the family name would originally identify a person by their home village or the place they had left.
History
The surname is associated with Spain and later with Spanish-speaking communities in the Americas. It is found in historical records from the Spanish world and has been carried widely through migration and colonial-era movement. A well-known bearer was the Mexican politician and revolutionary Victoriano Huerta y Bobadilla, which helped keep the name visible in modern history.
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Fun fact
The name is also linked to several Spanish localities, so different unrelated families could have adopted it independently from different places called Bobadilla.