Córdoba
A Spanish and Jewish surname originally tied to the city of Córdoba in southern Spain.
The #7,054 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 65,081 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Córdoba is a habitational surname taken from the famous city of Córdoba in Andalusia, Spain. The place name itself is very old and passed through several languages in the Iberian Peninsula, ultimately becoming the modern Spanish form. In surnames, it usually meant simply “from Córdoba” or “of Córdoba.”
History
The surname spread from Spain into the wider Spanish-speaking world through migration, colonial settlement, and later diaspora movements. It is also found among Sephardic Jewish families, since many Jewish surnames were formed from Spanish place-names. Modern bearers in the Americas often reflect those historical movements rather than a single family line.
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Fun fact
Córdoba was one of the great cities of medieval Europe, famed for its scholarship, architecture, and as a major center of Islamic and Christian Spain.
From the historical record
“name is probably derived from locality. Zapata is the appellation of a district of Spain, prov. Avila ; and of a place prov. Ponte- vedra. Zapateros is the name of a village prov. Cordoba ; and there are places in Spain called Zapategui, Zapateira, Zapateiro, Zapatera, Zapateria, Zapatero, and Zapaton. SLIPSHOE.…”
— Ludus Patronymicus; or, the etymology of curious surnames