Geraldo Family Crest and Last Name Background

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The meaning behind Geraldo

Spelled Geraldo, the surname still points back to Gerald. The family name meaning is “Son of Gerald”, the same as for Gerald.

Records show Geraldo as one of the forms Gerald took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. According to the 2010 US Census, the Geraldo surname had 548 bearers. 75% of them identified as Hispanic or Latino. In the Spanish register, Geraldo appears 502 times as a first surname and 464 times as a second one.

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