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alva Name Meaning and History

Portuguese: habitational name from a place so named (see Alba).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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alva Family Facts

Distribution of alva Families in the US in 1920
Number of alva families
 17-31
 6-16		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 15 - Messages: 48
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Alva's from NM. or Clo. E.George 16
More information on the Alva surname Josie Alva-Plumhoff 0
I am an Alva and proud Michael Angel Alva Jr. 8
it`s me JESUSALVA 0
Antonio Alva & Mary (Alves?) and Joseph Alves & Margaret of Boston, MA JoyceGuinasso 0
my village in india is of portugese suraj alva 0
are alvas in texas and california hispanic?> suraj alva 1
Alva family billiealva 1
ONE HUGE ALVA FAMILY MONICA ALVA 1
ALVA Monica Alva 0
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