Saucedo
A Spanish surname most often linked to a place with willow trees, from a word for “willow.”
The #1,157 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 10,165 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Saucedo is a Spanish surname formed from sauce, the Spanish word for “willow,” ultimately from Latin salix. In surname use, it likely began as a locational name for someone who lived near willows or in a place characterized by them. The ending -edo is a Spanish place-forming suffix, so the name can be read as something like “willow place” or “place of willows.”
History
The surname is found in Spain and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and it also appears in the Americas through Spanish and later colonial and migration history. In modern usage it is especially associated with Hispanic communities in the United States, where it remains a relatively uncommon but established surname.
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Fun fact
Because it comes from the word for willow, Saucedo belongs to a broad family of European surnames inspired by trees and landscape features.