Strange surnames in your family tree

[zebruh]

Bueno and Custodio, on the maternal lines of both father and mother. Also, Kelly, from a great-grandma coming from the British Virgin Islands.

Those aren't weird names. Im related to Bueno family name also. Ive seen custodio a few times. Lots of people with bueno name live in la vega.

[zebruh]

Cotes
Olmos
Garrestigui
Colon de Luyando
Eno /Enoa/ Ynoa / Heno/ Henoa/Genoa

Centeno

[InfamousAngel99]

I have some rare ones, but none that I would consider “strange.”
Only 9 people have one of my ancestral surnames, and I’d gather I’m all related to them. Another ancestral surname only has 27 bearers at the moment.

[Andullero]

Those aren't weird names. Im related to Bueno family name also. Ive seen custodio a few times. Lots of people with bueno name live in la vega.

But they are quite uncommon in the capital and southeast area in general where I live, and that's my point.

[zebruh]

But they are quite uncommon in the capital and southeast area in general where I live, and that's my point.

They arent uncommon really. When I lived in manhattan ive seen someone have that name custodio. From mail. And ive chatted with people that had that name (bueno). my father met some bueno family also that were related to his grandfather.

Bueno name is probably just uncommon in the capital. And eastern areas. But its a common name in la vega and I think in areas like santiago de los caballeros also.

A real strange name Ive seen is Volquez from my fathers friend. Incidently I think I read its a actually a dominican name. Its not even a spanish name. But theres hardly anything on the name. Maybe its a misspelling of a previous surname.

Its possible that bueno was living in the city of santo domingo very early when it arrived. But had to move away because the haitians burned down the city of santo domingo
My direct paternal ancestor fled the city of santo domingo when that happened and lived in la vega after until my grandfather moved to santo domingo.

Another weird name is Vidro but those names ive only seen for puerto rico and mexico (colonial records). Vidro is not a spanish name though.

[Andullero]

They arent uncommon really. When I lived in manhattan ive seen someone have that name custodio. From mail. And ive chatted with people that had that name (bueno). my father met some bueno family also that were related to his grandfather.

Manhattan isn't part of the DR, and I worked on the civil registry here, so trust me when I say that Custodio isn't common in the capi or the Southeast. The one instance I saw in Seybo were people hailing from Azua, when that branch of my family containing it has it, so I suspect they were actually cousins of mine twice removed.

[zebruh]

Manhattan isn't part of the DR, and I worked on the civil registry here, so trust me when I say that Custodio isn't common in the capi or the Southeast. The one instance I saw in Seybo were people hailing from Azua, when that branch of my family containing it has it, so I suspect they were actually cousins of mine twice removed.

Yeah. I never said it was common in the capital or east. I said its in la vega and probably santiago de los caballeros.
Ive seen 1800 and 1700s records with rhe name custodio. So it isnt strange. It doesnt matter if I saw someone in manhattan with the name. They were dominican

[Gallop]

Figueira, Ardila for example

[CordedWhelp]

Furthest maternal line maiden name I can go back to is a “Pawacki”. Seems to be quite a rare name (and it is Polish of course)

[Heimmacht]

Pierl, Šafránek, Jarkovski.

Don't know the meaning of any of them.
Only it's origin.