Rebollar
A Spanish surname originally tied to a place name meaning a grove or stand of oaks.
The #9,568 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 90,888 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Rebollar is a Spanish surname taken from a place name. It comes from Spanish rebollar, meaning a place where rebollo oaks grow, from rebollo, a type of oak, ultimately from Latin robur, "oak" or "hard timber." In origin, the name would have identified someone who lived near such an oak grove or came from a place called Rebollar.
History
As with many Spanish surnames of landscape origin, Rebollar likely arose independently in several localities named Rebollar in Spain. It is most common as a surname in the Spanish-speaking world and later spread through migration to the Americas. The cited historical source lists it among Spanish place-based surnames, which fits this pattern.
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Fun fact
Spanish place-names built from natural features often became surnames without any change in form, which is why Rebollar can still read like a toponym today.
From the historical record
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— Ensayo histórico etimológico filológico sobre los apellidos castellanos