Guzmán
Sign in to saveGuzmán or de Guzmán ( or ) is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese language equivalent is Gusmão.
Key facts
- Family.name
- Guzmán
- Family.origin
- Spain
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Guzmán or de Guzmán ( or ) is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese language equivalent is Gusmão.
==Origins== The surname is of toponymic origin, de Guzmán ("of Guzmán"), deriving from the village of Guzmán (es) in the region of Burgos. The earliest individual documented using this surname was Rodrigo Muñoz de Guzmán, who first appears in a document from 1134 and was the founder of the noble House of Guzmán.
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